All posts tagged Irises

  • Of Hitler and Lilies

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    “Consider the lilies.”
    —Jesus

    Leonard Woolf (1880-1969), the English writer, political theorist and husband of Virginia Woolf, wrote a book entitled Downhill All The Way. Published in 1966, it is an autobiographical account of the years leading up to World War II. Leonard Woolf closes Downhill All The Way with these words: Read more