tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879529772710089182.post4595214856426452482..comments2011-01-30T00:49:17.096+00:00Comments on Wiþ Endemanndom: Deogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879529772710089182.post-231714647371143652010-01-24T01:12:03.920+00:002010-01-24T01:12:03.920+00:00I had never heard of the "spurik" unit b...I had never heard of the "spurik" unit before. It sounds like it could be German, but I only find references to it as a name. Did you just coin it after someone in particular?TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879529772710089182.post-35132056039911273562010-01-22T09:37:30.261+00:002010-01-22T09:37:30.261+00:001 spurik, or 526 years, 7 days, 4 hours, 11 minute...1 spurik, or 526 years, 7 days, 4 hours, 11 minutes, 19 seconds, and 54 milliseconds.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879529772710089182.post-83061877419554118522010-01-22T03:51:54.159+00:002010-01-22T03:51:54.159+00:00they cannot persist for long on the earth
How long...<i>they cannot persist for long on the earth</i><br />How long is that?TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879529772710089182.post-20652970731995520272010-01-20T10:26:56.590+00:002010-01-20T10:26:56.590+00:00I think he uses the phrase to refer to plebiscite ...I think he uses the phrase to refer to plebiscite dictatorship in general and to Napoleons I and III in particular as the pioneers of the form. I found this in reference to the later Napoleon:<br /><br />“Did you ever hear of such a thing as this suicidal Finis of the French ‘Copper Captaincy’; gratuitous Attack on Germany, and ditto Blowing-up of Paris by its own hand!” <br /><br />Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 4th June 1871, in <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/correspondenceof02carluoft" rel="nofollow">The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> (Boston: Ticknor & Co., 1888), p.378.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879529772710089182.post-80750191925900895652010-01-20T01:01:31.110+00:002010-01-20T01:01:31.110+00:00A number of people mention that Carlye called Napo...A number of people mention that Carlye called Napoleon "the scandalous copper Captain" at some point, but I can't find where. Other than your quote above, of course.Thrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536525467048363111noreply@blogger.com