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To: Neocon who wrote (2349)	1/12/2000 12:09:00 PM
From: lorrie coey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3246

...still brings tears to my eyes. Thanks Very Much, Neocon. I love that piece...where to begin. I'll just read it a few more times and let it soak in. [I searched for years as 'the Cliffs of Dover']... Beautiful...it deeply moved me when I was 18 [half a lifetime ago], and even more so now. "Dover Beach"...it was part of my Freshman English, [survey of American Lit], and I remember 'Dr. Harrison' being 'puzzled' by my interpretation of it. I'm curious about other folks impressions of 'Dover Beach'...

To: Neocon who wrote (2349)	1/12/2000 12:26:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 3246

Once, in the Middle Ages, there was a settled faith, and a sense of man's place in the universe, and of the solidarity of Christendom. Now, with diversity of belief and the disenchantment wrought by science, the solace has been withdrawn, and we have little sense of our place, nor of fellowship. A melancholy has settled on the world: no longer is it filled with fairies and holy places and the awful drama of Redemption, but instead, it is indeterminant, and a place of contention among those of varied speculative ideologies.......I take it that that is the main theme of the poem......