July 1, 2007
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Trinity Test
Object Lesson
continued…“Three times the concentred
self takes hold, three times
The thrice concentred self,
having possessed
The object, grips it
in savage scrutiny,
Once to make captive,
once to subjugate
Or yield to subjugation,
once to proclaim
The meaning of the capture,
this hard prize,
Fully made, fully apparent,
fully found.”– “Credences of Summer,” VII,
by Wallace Stevens, from
Transport to Summer (1947)
For a religious
interpretation
of 265, see
Sept. 30, 2004.For a religious
interpretation
of 153, see
Fish Story.
A quotation from
the Eater of Souls:
“That’s how it is, Easy,” my Coach went on, his voice more in sorrow
than in anger. “Yardage is all very well but you don’t make a nickel
unless you cross that old goal line with the egg tucked underneath your
arm.” He pointed at the football on his desk. “There it is. I had it
gilded and lettered clear back at the beginning of the season, you
looked so good and I had so much confidence in you– it was meant to be
yours at the end of the season, at a victory banquet.”– Glory Road,
by Robert A. Heinlein
