The speech Nixon never gave
I heard this morning the speech that Richard Nixon had had prepared in the event that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became stranded on the moon.
I am grateful that he never had to give it. Firstly, of course, for the obvious reason but secondly because the words:
"For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind."
would inevitably have become more famous than the moving original from Rupert Brooke:
IF I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England.
(from "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke who died in World War l)
I am grateful that he never had to give it. Firstly, of course, for the obvious reason but secondly because the words:
"For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind."
would inevitably have become more famous than the moving original from Rupert Brooke:
IF I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England.
(from "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke who died in World War l)
posted by Hugh M | 10:25 am
1 Comments:
This prompted me to re-read the poem. So short, so poignant. Your post just shows how politicians must 'be prepared'. Ponder on how things would have been different if the astronauts hadn't come back.
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