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A Thought for September 11

September 11, 2013 By Guy St. Clair

 

In December 2001, I sent this to my family and friends:

William Faulkner said this in his “Address Upon Receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature,” 10th December 1950:

“It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking. I refuse to accept this. I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.”

Is love included in this list? I think so, for it is love for humankind that enables that soul to rise to compassion and sacrifice and endurance, and it is that love that brings us together in the roughest and most difficult of times. Through these times, we will endure. And we will prevail. It won’t be easy, and it will require—no, demand—of us sacrifices that we haven’t even begun to think of yet. But through it all, we will endure and we will prevail…  because we love.

In that spirit, I send you greetings as this unforgettable year draws to a close.

Let us never forget those we’ve lost… those who have been left behind to love us… those whose love made us who we are….

I hope these words will be of some meaning for you on this important day.

Filed Under: History, Personal History

Guy St. Clair is the Series Editor for Knowledge Services, from Verlag Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin, the scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. The series subject is knowledge services, the approach to managing intellectual capital that merges information management, knowledge management (KM), and learning, presenting and discussing new and innovative approaches to knowledge sharing in all fields of work.

In Sharing Guy’s Journey,  Guy writes about any subject that crosses his mind (some friends refer to the blog as “Guy’s online journal”). Subjects covered usually include those displayed at the top of each post (personal history, history, art & architecture, music, nature, and travel), but other topics come up as well.

His books, usually about professional topics, are listed in SMR International’s corporate website, at SMRShare. One of these – Knowledge Services: A Strategic Framework for the 21st Century Organization (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2016) – is an Open Access title. The free PDF version of this book is at: https://bit.ly/3msI27V.

Guy is also the author of Knowledge Services: Five Free Webinars from Guy St. Clair, available to anyone who wants to learn more about knowledge services, Guy’s professional and academic specialty. The webinars are offered at no charge.

Guy’s other professional writings are listed in SMR International’s corporate website, at SMRShare. 

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