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Orwell on Kipling
Kipling's other writings included ''Kim'', ''Wee Willie Winkie'', ''Gunga Din'', and ''Baa Baa Black Sheep''.
Kipling's other writings included ''Kim'', ''Wee Willie Winkie'', ''Gunga Din'', and ''Baa Baa Black Sheep''.
Kipling was identified with British imperialism, and for a time fell victim to a kind of political correctness. In a famous essay, [[George Orwell]] notes that "During five literary geenerations every enlightened person has despised him, and at the end of that time nine-tenths of those enlightened persons are forgotten and Kiping is in some sense still there." He said that Kipling "is the only English writer of our time who has added phrases to the language." Giving as an example Kipling's line "He travels the fastest who travels alone," Orwell notes "It may not be true, but at any rate you it is a thought that everyone thinks. Sooner or later you will have occasion to feel that he travels the fastest who travels alone, and there the thought is, ready made and, as it were, waiting for you. So the chances are that, having once heard this line, you will remember it."<ref>Orwell, George (1942), "Rudyard Kipling." ''The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell,'' volume 2, pp. 184-197</ref>
President [[Ronald Reagan]] had this to say about Rudyard Kipling near the very end of Reagan's presidency, "As I prepare to lay down the mantle of office...I cannot help believe that what Rudyard Kipling said of another time and place is true today for America: 'We are at the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.' Thank you, and God bless you."
President [[Ronald Reagan]] had this to say about Rudyard Kipling near the very end of Reagan's presidency, "As I prepare to lay down the mantle of office...I cannot help believe that what Rudyard Kipling said of another time and place is true today for America: 'We are at the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.' Thank you, and God bless you."
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