" So every man must yield the leasehold of his days."This knocked my socks off when I heard it. I'm not sure whether to attribute this to my status as a survivor of Real Property with Prof. Tapp. At any rate, if I ever teach Real Property there will be a discussion on whether life is a leasehold or a fee simple estate.
-- from Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, the part where Beowulf dies
Thursday, January 01, 2009
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I'm not sure if that's the most profound reading of Beowulf I've ever seen, or just the most frightening...
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