Apologies.  I was simply pondering the section Charles Moyer mentioned in a
recent note. Mr. Moyer said the passage was from the middle of Canto 33.

Peace,
Brennen


>Brennen
>
>How about page and line or even just Canto #.
>
>Rick Seddon
>
>
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>Subject: Re: Rom. Pound
>
>
> > "...Is that despotism
> >      or absolute power...unlimited sovereignty,
> >      is the same in a majority of a popular assembly,
> >      an aristocratical council, an oligarchical junto,
> > and a single emperor, equally arbitrary, bloody,
> > and in every respect diabolical. Wherever it has resided
> > has never failed to destroy all records, memorials,
> > all histories which it did not like, and to corrupt
> > those it was cunning enough to preserve....."
> >
> > I really like how the sound of the words sneaks up on me in this
>passage.
>On
> > the first quick read, the first five lines seem like a boring list of
> > socio-political jargon. But as I stare harder, I see the complex
>rhyming:
> > soverignty/assembly/arbitrary; aristocratical/oligarchical/diabolical.
>The
> > oddly positioned ellipse adds the interesting complication of at least
>one
> > unfinished thought.
> >
> > Furthermore, I think the passsage is a thought-provoking statement in
>purely
> > philosophical terms, although the phrasing makes it very, very difficult
>to
> > unravel the "message." My interpretation is that that "unlimited
> > sovereignty," or total power, is a terrible thing in all of the many
>forms
> > in which it is manifested.  Maybe that isn't very original idea, but
>it's
> > certainly presented in a unique way.
> >
> > Just my two (or three) cents,
> > Brennen Lukas
> >
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