A few weeks, maybe even a few months ago, I found a link to this essay on the American Civil War (quite possibly via pnh or tnh), and printed it out. I am of course fascinated by the Civil War, even though it wasn't my country; at one point I was completely addicted to the GDW version of classic boardgame A House Divided, and since then I've come to appreciate the political sentiments of a war which to a certain extent was fought on a moral issue.

So I was looking forward to reading the Stephen Z Starr essay, and eventually did so last night. What I hadn't expected was that certain parts of it would be of more general application. ( You decide )

I've never seen William Shakespeare's play Pericles, Prince of Tyre, and now that I've read this summary I don't think I need to.

From the summary of Act 4 Scene 5:
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Shakespeare's original:
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