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For what deference can be given to a name, though not in itself a thing of dishonor, which represents the failure to derail the evitable fate which wrecks the race of man again and again. FOR WHAT DEFERENCE CAN BE GIVEN TO A NAME THOUGH NOT IN ITSELF A THING OF DISHONOUR WHICH REPRESENTS THE FAILURE TO DURALE THE INEVITABLE FATE WHICH RECKS THE RACE OF MAN AGAIN AND AGAIN
y it sounds foreign and unfamiliar to you, devoid of the qualities of affection and personality which give character to a name. It is a harsh name, cold and inhuman, like something out of the night, an unwelcome intruder into the warmth of familiarity. It inspires no blissful memories, nor does it kindle fond feelings in the bosom of the hearer, instead the heart is hardened to it like the feathers of a duck to water, repulsing it, leaving it to run off into the ditches and by-ways of the long forgotten past, to trickle dejectedly into those stagnant ponds where so many words of wisdom are imprisoned: out of sight, out of mind, out of heart, out of history. Yet while history is forgotten and misconstrued, it is repeated, for what is life without water, which nourishes and sustains it, and what is life without wisdom, which protects and cultivates it? Jehu is my name, though it no longer brings the quickened pulse and keen anticipation of happiness to the hearts of any, not even my own. AME IS JEHU MOST PROBABLY IT SOUNDS FOREIGN AND UNFAMILIAR TO YOU DEVOID OF THE QUALITIES OF AFFECTION AND PERSONALITY WHICH GIVE CHARACTER TO A NAME IT IS A HARSH NAME COLD AND INHUMAN LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A KNIGHT AN UNWELCOME INTRUDER INTO THE WARMTH OF FAMILIARITY IT INSPIRES NO BLISSFUL MEMORIES NOR DOES IT KINDLE FOND FEELINGS IN THE BOSOM OF THE HEARER INSTEAD THE HEART IS HARDENED TO IT LIKE THE FEATHERS OF A DUCK TO WATER REPULSING IT LEAVING IT TO RUN OFF INTO THE DITCHES AND BYWAYS OF THE LONG FORGOTTEN PAST TO TRICKLE DEJECTEDLY INTO THOSE STAGNANT PONDS WHERE SO MANY WORDS OF WISDOM ARE IMPRISONED OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND OUT OF HEART OUT OF HISTORY YET WHILE HISTORY IS FORGOTTEN AND MISCONSTRUED IT IS REPEATED FOR WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT ORDER WHICH NOURISHES AND SUSTAINS IT AND WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT WISDOM WHICH PROTECTS AND CULTIVATES IT GEE WHO IS MY NAME THOUGH IT NO LONGER BRINGS THE QUICKENED PULSE AND KEEN ANTICIPATION OF HAPPINESS TO THE HEARTS OF ANY NOT EVEN MY OWN
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