In an effort to educate myself, I am reading The Oxford Book of Essays, chosen and edited by John Gross. [copies for sale here] There’s 142 of the blighters, so it will take me all year. To make this “stick” I am going to blog each essay. This essay is not, afaik, online. So I... Continue Reading →

A 1620-ish essay nails it With some updated words, grammar and references, it could be yesterday. It's almost as if all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death... According to Wikipedia, Owen Feltham (1602 – 23 February 1668) was an English writer, author of a book entitled Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political... Continue Reading →