“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be…” — Rudyard Kipling | V2Melody

“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”

A plea for narrative as the truest teacher of the past · Popularly attributed remark

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Rudyard Kipling

About Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

30 December 1865–18 January 1936

Rudyard Kipling was born Joseph Rudyard Kipling on December 30, 1865, in the bustling colonial port of Bombay, British India, a city that would forever pulse through his veins like the monsoon rains and the clamor of its streets. He died on January 18, 1936, in London, England, at the age of seventy, his body laid to…

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“It is not very easy for the world at large to understand, or to sympathise with, that spirit, that tradition, and that unwritten law.”

Recognising the difficulty outsiders may have in understanding institutional culture. · Speech, The Spirit of the Navy, 1908

“There is no anaesthesia so complete as man's absorption in his own job.”

Suggesting that complete engagement in work can temporarily shut out suffering and distraction. · Speech, Surgeons and the Soul, 1923

“You will find that you have no weapon in your armoury with which you can attack him; no argument with which you can appeal to him.”

Describing the unusual strength of someone who cannot be controlled through material incentives. · Speech, Values in Life, 1907