Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs III Poem But whenever the roof came white The head in the dark below Was a shade less the color of night A shade more the color of snow Grief may have thought it was grief. Care may have thought it was care. But neither one was the thief of his raven color of hair. W BTE To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E To be continued on the next page. III. Poem But whenever the roof camme white The head in the dark below Was a shade less the color of night, A shade more the color of snow. Grief may have thought it was grief. Care may have thought it was care. But neither one was the thief Of his raven color of hair
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs III Poem About the poet Frost, Robert(1874-1963), American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. Although Frost's images and voice often seem familiar and old his observations have an edge of skepticism and irony that make his work, upon rereading, never as old-fashioned, easy, or carefree as it first appears. In being both traditional and skeptical, Frost's poetry helped provide a link between the American poetry of the 19th century and that of the 20th century. See also American Literature: Poetry. W BTE The end of poem
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E About the poet Frost, Robert (1874—1963), American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. Although Frost’s images and voice often seem familiar and old, his observations have an edge of skepticism and irony that make his work, upon rereading, never as old-fashioned, easy, or carefree as it first appears. In being both traditional and skeptical, Frost’s poetry helped provide a link between the American poetry of the 19th century and that of the 20th century. See also American Literature: Poetry. III. Poem The end of Poem
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs IV. Supplementary Reading The problems with beliefs by Jim Walker People have slaughtered each other in wars, inquisitions, and political actions for centuries and still kill each other over beliefs in religions, political ideologies, and philosophies. These belief-systems when stated as proposItions, may appear mystical and genuine to the naive but when confronted with a testable bases from reason and experiment they fail miserably. I maintain that beliefs create more social problems than they solve and that beliefs, and especially those elevated to faith, produce the most destructive potential to the future of humankind W BTE To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E People have slaughtered each other in wars, inquisitions, and political actions for centuries and still kill each other over beliefs in religions, political ideologies, and philosophies. These belief-systems, when stated as propositions, may appear mystical, and genuine to the naive, but when confronted with a testable bases from reason and experiment, they fail miserably. I maintain that beliefs create more social problems than they solve and that beliefs, and especially those elevated to faith, produce the most destructive potential to the future of humankind. IV. Supplementary Reading To be continued on the next page. The problems with beliefs by Jim Walker