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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSaturday, August 16th. William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day remembers Robin Williams.
"...No, no, no life!
Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life,
And thou no breath at all?"
King Lear, Act V, Scene 3, Lines 306-308.
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Saturday, August 16th. William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day remembers Robin Williams. (Original Post)
Aristus
Aug 2014
OP
“Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life” – and creatures like Hartmann must die!
eppur_se_muova
Aug 2014
#6
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)1. Oh gawd, my dear Aristus...
Perfect.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. Why indeed?
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)3. So sad....
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)4. ...
Aristus
(66,467 posts)5. Kick for the afternoon crowd.
eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)6. “Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life” – and creatures like Hartmann must die!
from a letter by Modest Mussorgsky, on the death of his close friend, the artist and architect Hartmann -- the origin of Pictures at an Exhibition.
http://korschmin.com/projects/viktor-hartmann-pictures-at-an-exhibition/