” Fledging moralists in those days were going about our town proclaiming there was nothing to be done about it and we should bow down to the inevitable. And Tarrou, Rieux and their friends might give one answer or another, but its conclusion was always the same, their certitude that a fight must be putContinue reading ““The Plague” by Albert Camus: Passage for Reflection: The Fight Against the Plague”
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Passage for contemplation: Albert Camus: “The Plague”: Pleasure in the Peril!
“In the early days, when they thought that this epidemic was much like the other epidemics, religion held its ground, But, once these people realized their instant peril, they gave their thoughts to pleasure. And all the hideous fears which stamp their faces in the daytime are transformed in the fiery, dusty nightfall into aContinue reading “Passage for contemplation: Albert Camus: “The Plague”: Pleasure in the Peril!”
Albert Camus “The Plague”: The Inevitably of Plagues
“Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world: yet somehow we find it hard to believe in the ones that crash down on our heads from a blue sky. There have been as many plagues as wars in history. Yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise.” Albert CamusContinue reading “Albert Camus “The Plague”: The Inevitably of Plagues”
“The Plague” by Albert Camus: Passage for Contemplation; The Quiet Before the Plague
“The Plague” (La Peste) is a fictional work dealing with a plague in Oran, Algeria. It was first published by Camus (1913-1960) in 1947. In the following passage before the plague hits he described the nature of Oran which might very well be Toronto or New York. “Perhaps the easiest way of making a town’sContinue reading ““The Plague” by Albert Camus: Passage for Contemplation; The Quiet Before the Plague”
“Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International”: A Serialized Novel By Robert K. Stephen: Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1 A little about myself I suppose the veracity of this book will no doubt be filtered through some psychological analysis of the author. So that is why he was so bitter, angry, frustrated, insightful, mad or immature! Let me give you some fodder which might afford you an opportunity to better understand meContinue reading ““Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International”: A Serialized Novel By Robert K. Stephen: Chapter 1″
“Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International” : A Serialized Novel By Robert K. Stephen
Introduction I suppose your first couple of questions might be why did I write this book and what am I attempting to accomplish by so doing? Fair questions to ask. I suppose you want to know my name. It is Tony Hornet. Initially we should try and define exactly what type of corporation Up UpContinue reading ““Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International” : A Serialized Novel By Robert K. Stephen”
Novel Thoughts: Albert Camus: “The Outsider”
Albert Camus was born in Algiers in 1913 and eventually moved to Paris. He died in 1960. “The Outsider” was published in 1942. ” But I reminded myself, it’s common knowledge that life isn’t worth living anyhow, And, on a wide view, I could see that it makes little difference whether one dies at theContinue reading “Novel Thoughts: Albert Camus: “The Outsider””
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