H05008 NOTES AND QUERIES - 1/10/05 - HARDY FORUM ARCHIVES ____________________________________________________________________________
HARDY QUOTE IDENTIFICATION (3)
TTHA MEMBER PASSES MA
HARDY AND CAT PICTURE (2)
NEW INSIGHT INTO HARDY
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From: Rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu
Subject: Re: FW: Hardy quote?
Date: January 10, 2005 6:47:33 AM PST
To: HARDY-L@csusm.edu
Reply-To: HARDY-L@csusm.edu
Re Nigel Rees ;
Can anybody be more specific about which Hardy Notebook Evelyn Hardy cites? I don't have a copy of her 1955 book. There is no mention of this quotation (nor even of Evelyn Hardy) in Millgate's latest *Biography,* nor does Richard Taylor have it in his *Personal Notebooks of Thomas Hardy,* and of course 1922 is too late for Hardy's "legal" Notebook of the 1880s.
On a more frivolous note (still?) here are a few amusing (non-Hardy) quotations I came across while browsing Nigel Rees's wonderful "Quote-Unquote" page (the first is I think pertinent to most scholars):
All best,
Rosemarie
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Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it.
An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting to think about than sex.
I was always indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
Nothing is sweeter than the sleep of the just, unless it is the sleep of the just after.
Successful writer: 'And how are you managing these days?' Unsuccessful writer: 'Not very well, but at least I'm keeping the wolf from the door.' Successful writer: 'Do you read your poems to the wolf?'
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RM: Re Below: I have deleted the words of the original questioner because the writer responded privately --- not to the Forum. However I think Rees' information is likely to be "public domain."
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FROM NIGEL REES:
Q3180: This looks like an entry in one of Hardy's unpublished notebooks for August 1922:
<I am convinced that it is better for a writer to know a little bit of the world remarkably well than to know a great part of the world remarkably little.>
As quoted in NOTEBOOKS, AND SOME LETTERS FROM JULIA AUGUSTA MARTIN, by Evelyn Hardy, Hogarth Press, 1955.
Regards,
Nigel Rees
London, UK
VISIT THE "QUOTE ... UNQUOTE" WEBSITE
<http://www.btwebworld.com/quote-unquote>http://www.btwebworld.com/quote-unquote
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From: helengibson@clara.co.uk
Subject: RE: FW: Hardy quote?
Date: January 10, 2005 10:28:19 AM PST
Well done, Nigel Rees! It is good to have found this quotation, which
sounded familiar, but somehow remained hidden from most of us.
Having just found Evelyn Hardy's book in Jim's library, I can confirm
that the quotation:
I am convinced that it is better for a writer to know a little bit of
the world remarkably well than to know a great part of the world
remarkably little.
comes from *The Second Notebook (1921-1928)*. It is the 9th quotation
cited from that book - p.95 of *Thomas Hardy's Notebooks and Some
Letters from Julia Augusta Martin* 1955 The Hogarth Press.
Evelyn Hardy quotes from *The First Notebook (1867-1920)*, the second
one (as above), and *Letters from Julia Augusta Martin to Thomas Hardy
(1863-1887)*
Best wishes to all,
Helen Gibson
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From: Rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu
Subject: Good News from Colleen
Date: January 10, 2005 1:26:22 PM PST
Greetings -- here is part of a letter I had this week from TTHA member, Colleen Pearson (quoted with her permission).
Congratulations to Colleen!
Cheers,
Rosemarie
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> At 11:09 AM 1/9/2005, you wrote:
> >Hello Rosemarie
> >
> >I'm writing to thank you and, through you, members of the Association and the
> >Hardy List for your help with my dissertation. I had my results just
before
> >Christmas and have now passed my MA. - - --
* >Colleen Pearson
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From: Rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu
Subject: RE: FW: Hardy quote?
Date: January 11, 2005 6:59:11 PM PST
Many thanks Helen!
Details appreciated,
Cheers,
Rosemarie
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I am convinced that it is better for a writer to know a little bit of
the world remarkably well than to know a great part of the world
remarkably little.
comes from *The Second Notebook (1921-1928)*. It is the 9th quotation
cited from that book - p.95 of *Thomas Hardy's Notebooks and Some
Letters from Julia Augusta Martin* 1955 The Hogarth Press.
Evelyn Hardy quotes from *The First Notebook (1867-1920)*, the second
one (as above), and *Letters from Julia Augusta Martin to Thomas Hardy
(1863-1887)*
Best wishes to all,
Helen Gibson
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From: fsiedow@omniglobal.net
Subject: T.H.picture ?
Date: January 12, 2005 12:22:53 PM PST
Dear Folk: When you enter the Members Svcs area, there's a pic of TH with a cat on his lap. It is VERY dark, poorly digitized, and I wonder if you know if / how I can get a good copy or file (higher resolution) of it. Also, does anyone know what yr it was taken, and the Cat's name????(TH appears to be maybe in his '50's or '60's?) I know this sounds imposible, but, who knows?
#2; Is it possible to get copies of pic's like that from the DCM? Do they have them? Do they charge for them? Is it possible to download a poem, say, or a section of a ref. material? Thanks, Fred S. (I realize I will have to try to get in there myself, but, advance info sure helps)
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From: Rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu
Subject: Re: T.H.picture ?
Date: January 12, 2005 4:46:49 PM PST
Fred -- try the DCM -- here's their email:
dorsetcountymuseum@dor-mus.demon.co.uk
I'm sure if they hold the image they'll let you have a copy. But it won't be much better than the one online. My copy is a very old and faded print (presumably a copy of a snapshot) . I can't recall who gave it to me (if I did this would be acknowledged on the TTHA page you mention).
Good luck!
Best,
Rosemarie
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From: michael@perceptivecreation.co.uk
Subject: New insight into Hardy
Date: January 29, 2005 4:49:55 PM PST
I caught an interesting new insight into The Man Himself in last weekend's
papers - a preview quote from a forthcoming book, based on the website of a
Lady of the Night, which is to be published under the title of "Intimate
Adventures of a Call Girl". The author goes under the name Belle de Jour,
and has, I understand, nothing to do with Bunuel. She writes:
"I spent many happy hours in the library with two girls from school. In
retrospect, they weren't so much friends as in the same sad social boat as
me. We read everything we could and hardly spoke to one another. My
favourites from this time were 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', starting a
lifelong love affair with Thomas Hardy, and 'True Grit' by Charles Portis,
because it was so cool and foreign to me.... There's something about Hardy
especially that appeals to the melancholic girl. Life is unfair, fate is
unfair, men are dogs. 'True Grit' is just the same, but the young heroine is
also armed and dangerous. Class."
I guess one must interpret the "lifelong love affair with Thomas Hardy" as
being a love affair with his works. I appreciate Hardy enjoyed the company
of young women, but I don't recall hearing that one of them was called
Belle. But it's that last phrase "young heroine is armed and dangerous"
which might spark off some speculation? The murder of Alec would of course
need a silencer if the trip to Stonehenge was still on. But then Alec might
have got his come-uppance much earlier during the course of his "seduction"
of Tess, which would then set the whole plot off in a totally new direction.
Is there a dissertation here, I wonder!
Best wishes
Michael Barry
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