“Comeforthintothelightofthings”
WilliamWordsworth’sHumanChallengetoEconomicThinking
LynnStuartParramore,Oct21,2017
Adam Smith is “the worst critic, David Hume not excepted, that Scotland, a soil to which this sort of weed seems natural, has produced.”
~WilliamWordsworth,1815
Town&Country“Howwemisleadeachother”~Wordsworth,ThePrelude,1799-1805,1850
Hearts&Minds
“SocietyhaspartedmanfrommanNeglectfuloftheuniversalheart”~Wordsworth,ThePrelude,1799-1805,1850
TheParts&theWhole
“OurmeddlingintellectMis-shapesthebeauteousformsofthingsWemurdertodissect.”~Wordsworth,“TheTablesTurned,” 1798
“Scienceadvanceswithgiganticstrides;Butareweaughtenrichedinloveandmeekness?”~Wordsworth,“TothePlanetVenus,”1838
TheRich&TheRest“Gettingandspending,welaywasteourpowers”~Wordsworth,“TheWorldisTooMuchWithUs,” 1807
“[England’s}floorsandsoilGroanunderneathaweightofslavishtoil,ForthepoorMany,measuredoutbyrulesFetchedwithcupidityfromheartlessschoolsThattoanIdol,falselycalled"theWealthOfNations,"sacrificeaPeople'shealth,Bodyandmindandsoul;”~Wordsworth,“Humanity,”1829
Past&Present
“ButwherewillEurope'slatterhourAgainfindWordsworth'shealingpower?”~MatthewArnold,MemorialVerses,1850