Showing posts with label W.H. Auden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label W.H. Auden. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 April 2020

What Is The Question ?


Before she died,Gertrude Stein asked, "What is the answer ?"  When no answer came, she laughed and asked, "In that case, what is the question ?"  Then she died.
G.S.
"To ask the hard question is simple."
W. H. Auden

Today, as we concern ourselves with an extraordinary coronavirus, there is a formidable question;  When 90% of the decision-makers believe that they are well qualified, could there be something equally commendable about the remaining 10% ?