'Twas Malvolio who, to Olivia, during the Twelfth Night, so rightly surmised, "Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them", a cliché which, despite the centuries gone since it was first uttered, still rings with a freshness and relevance as if just today coined. When juxtaposed to another cliché - What's good for the goose for the gander also is! - then what Malvolio said of greatness may also be applied to ignominy.
So it is that Patrick Augustus Manning's state of affairs is what it is today - from a Selkirkian position to among mere mortals he's been thrust.
He's now what now he is because of the inexorability of this other - What you sow is what you reap!
And now is a good time to remind all and sundry of Edmund Burke's pronouncement - "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it!"
A word to the wise is sufficient!
Richard Wm. Thomas | Five Rivers, Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago.
For more of Richard's writings visit: kid5rivers.com
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