Comments on: Manvotional #1: “If” by Rudyard Kipling http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/06/manvotional-1-if-by-rudyard-kipling/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Thu, 24 May 2012 19:16:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nico http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/06/manvotional-1-if-by-rudyard-kipling/comment-page-1/#comment-113158 Nico Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:00:40 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=764#comment-113158 Does anyone remember that Kipling was also an ardent racist and imperialist? Ever heard of "The White Man's Burden"? One of his lesser known (read: most ignored) works. He talks about educating "Your new-caught, sullen peoples,//Half-devil and half-child". Kipling might have been a gifted writer, but Hitler was a gifted orator. http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/kipling.html Does anyone remember that Kipling was also an ardent racist and imperialist? Ever heard of “The White Man’s Burden”? One of his lesser known (read: most ignored) works. He talks about educating “Your new-caught, sullen peoples,//Half-devil and half-child”. Kipling might have been a gifted writer, but Hitler was a gifted orator.

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]]> By: A Fable in Verse « Muse http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/06/manvotional-1-if-by-rudyard-kipling/comment-page-1/#comment-103052 A Fable in Verse « Muse Thu, 27 May 2010 04:25:39 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=764#comment-103052 [...]   So too with dreams left shattered and empty Seeming to taunt, to despair would be tempting But IF you obey and Kipling you master You may just find triumph instead of disaster.   Oh Best Beloved, [...] [...]   So too with dreams left shattered and empty Seeming to taunt, to despair would be tempting But IF you obey and Kipling you master You may just find triumph instead of disaster.   Oh Best Beloved, [...]

]]> By: Jennifer http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/06/manvotional-1-if-by-rudyard-kipling/comment-page-1/#comment-35727 Jennifer Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:53:45 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=764#comment-35727 I'm a single mom with a desire to raise my now 10-yr old boy to have integrity and be worthy of respect. I've been reading him this poem since he was about 6 and, maybe I'm giving good ol' Rudyard too much credit but I am constantly being told by others that my "little man" is already a great man. I'm so proud of who he is and just wanted to say that in the world we live in today this website, which hones in on the true meaning of being a man, is a treasure! I’m a single mom with a desire to raise my now 10-yr old boy to have integrity and be worthy of respect. I’ve been reading him this poem since he was about 6 and, maybe I’m giving good ol’ Rudyard too much credit but I am constantly being told by others that my “little man” is already a great man. I’m so proud of who he is and just wanted to say that in the world we live in today this website, which hones in on the true meaning of being a man, is a treasure!

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