[Vision2020] The backseat bravery of Lord Macauley.

Thu, 6 Mar 2003 15:01:02 EST

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Dear Visionaries,
As far as I know, Thomas Babington, Lord Macauley, 1800 -1859,  despite his 
poetic defense of war, never actually engaged in battle. It is likely that he 
would have had a few opportunities to do so while serving as a colonial 
administrator in India during the 1830's.  Pretty cheap of him to write about 
dying for his country when he apparently contrived to avoid all possibility 
of actually doing so.  Perhaps that is why Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen 
wrote less about the glories and more about the realities of conflict.
Rose Huskey

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hat he would have had a few opportunities to do so while serving as a coloni=
al administrator in India during the 1830's.&nbsp; Pretty cheap of him to wr=
ite about dying for his country when he apparently contrived to avoid all po=
ssibility of actually doing so.&nbsp; Perhaps that is why Siegfried Sassoon=20=
and Wilfred Owen wrote less about the glories and more about the realities o=
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