Because the good old rule Sufficeth them,-the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that power dynamics dictate who has control in society.
In this quote, William Wordsworth reflects on the nature of power and authority, implying that those who possess power will always find a way to maintain their control over others. This idea promotes a cynical view of social structures, indicating that power is often kept by those willing to exert their influence, while the rest may simply comply or accept the status quo.
In practice
A discussion on political science and the nature of authority.
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By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,_x000D_ _x000D_ The earth, and every common sight,_x000D_ _x000D_ To me did seem_x000D_ _x000D_ Apparelled in celestial light,_x000D_ _x000D_ The glory and the freshness of a dream.
Books are yours, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age; more precious far Than that accumulated store of gold And orient gems, which, for a day of need, The Sultan hides deep in ancestral tombs. These hoards of truth you can unlock at will.
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune.
Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may be made.
What’s hard about being on the other side of the world is that sometimes the problem feels so big that changing one life doesn’t feel like enough. But it is.
I may err but I am not a heretic, for the first has to do with the mind and the second with the will!
If a man had begun to hate an object of his love, so that love is thoroughly destroyed, he will, causes being equal, regard it with more hatred than if he had never loved it, and his hatred will be in proportion to the strength of his former love.
If you have no wounds, how can you know if you're alive?
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.
what exactly is postmodernism, except modernism without the anxiety?
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