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The Tragic Life of Rudyard Kipling 

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The life of the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Rudyard Kipling, was filled with tragedy. He survived a difficult childhood to go on to become one of the most celebrated authors of his day, penning such classics as "The Jungle Book" and "Just So Stories". But, only one of his children would survive him and his legacy has been tied to some of his out-dated political beliefs. The History Guy remembers the tragic life of Rudyard Kipling.
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@ninja011
@ninja011 5 лет назад
My Great Grandfather met Kipling once when doing post-graduate studies in the UK, he came from Russia just a year before WW1 broke out. He would say that his time in that country was hard and cruel, for being a foreigner made him a target. He always spoke highly of his meeting with Kipling, saying that he was the kindest soul he had ever met and that if there was ever a person that made him feel welcomed and heard at that time, Kipling was that person. In memory of him and Kipling, I will impart my great grandfather's most important words of wisdom he told me. "No person is beyond controversy, by believing in something, you have made yourself controversial. That there will always be those that disapprove of you and your beliefs, and though they may make good points to validate their criticisms, it is still your chouse to choose what you believe in, and how you evolve them in life."
@paulmanson253
@paulmanson253 5 лет назад
He was a smart man. You were blessed to know him.
@TheKhanhhoa
@TheKhanhhoa 5 лет назад
beautiful
@MarkSmith-js2pu
@MarkSmith-js2pu 5 лет назад
Wow, that’s heavy, thank you for sharing
@louiejordan6933
@louiejordan6933 5 лет назад
Thank you for sharing those words. It is appreciated
@marilynkonrad8497
@marilynkonrad8497 5 лет назад
Thank you for sharing. You are most fortunate to feel the way you do. I feel fortunate to feel the same. I am unafraid to stand by my words and beliefs. Often ousted by some. My father spoke often of Kipling’s words quoting him often. “IF “. Coming instantly to mind. I was very young but never forgot his words. So wise. I am not confrontational by any means , like to share thoughts , once things get heated so prefer to agree to disagree and move along. Thank God for the choice to choose , treasure it while we have it.
@EasyThere
@EasyThere 3 года назад
Kipling's poem IF is a father to the fatherless, A reminder and ghostly whisper to the sons of dead men, and a rubric by which good men live. A masterpiece for all time.
@jamesbailand4311
@jamesbailand4311 2 года назад
Indeed.
@Sheeeeeeeeeeeeiiitt
@Sheeeeeeeeeeeeiiitt 2 года назад
Thank you for sharing that.
@professorbonghair3111
@professorbonghair3111 2 года назад
Amen!
@philwilliams2505
@philwilliams2505 2 года назад
No it wasnt.!!! It was a poem about Leander Star Jameson....get your facts right. Filling people with false information is so f**king annoying!!!
@jasoncornell1579
@jasoncornell1579 Год назад
The Gods of the Copybook Headings is an education against extremes preaching political moderation
@jennief7114
@jennief7114 4 года назад
He was one of my favorite writers as a child. I was required in 8th grade to memorize the poem IF and recite it in class. The morning of, my little dog was hit by a car. I was heartbroken. My mother sent me to school anyhow. I recited the poem crying and my teacher became angry. She sent me to the principal. Thankfully he had a heart and called my father to come and get me. My childhood was not a very good one, but I never knew that about Kipling. It makes so much sense now how much so many of his poems touched my heart. Thank you, thank you, for sharing.
@TheSaltydog07
@TheSaltydog07 2 года назад
You break my heart. How could a teacher do that. How cruel.
@bethparker1500
@bethparker1500 2 года назад
Cruel mom and teacher, so glad you made it.
@winstonpoole9906
@winstonpoole9906 2 года назад
@@TheSaltydog07 It was the early 50's I had a double paper round, some times the papers were late at the newsagents, so I was late for school. Late twice in one week, you had the cane, no excuses. 12 years old...I'm now 80 years old it... still makes me angry thinking about it .
@bharn253
@bharn253 Год назад
Teachers truly don't know shit. Prejudiced and arrogant. They should build children's strengths. They instead try to mold and groom them. To force them into their vision of culture. Not teachers, indoctrinators. They call students stupid, when in fact, they are poor teachers. Unable to instruct and hold children's interest.
@paulduffy4585
@paulduffy4585 Год назад
@@winstonpoole9906 the generation before you might've said you had it pretty cushy.
@AndrewVelonis
@AndrewVelonis 4 года назад
You missed something: when the Boy Scouts of America formed the Cub Scouts, Rudyard Kipling was on the Board of Trustees. This is why the Cub Scouts use many of the names of Jungle Book characters
@paulleckner8235
@paulleckner8235 2 года назад
Thank you for sharing.
@lab35982
@lab35982 Год назад
Actually he was a friend of Baden-Powell and the Jungle Book was the inspiration for the Wolf Cubs, Americans couldn't handle the Imperial nature of Scouting so they called them Cub Scouts.
@paulleckner8235
@paulleckner8235 Год назад
@@lab35982 Thank you for sharing!
@taniaearle4457
@taniaearle4457 Год назад
Interesting thank you
@Stephen-lx9nm
@Stephen-lx9nm 5 месяцев назад
Scouts were from Britain
@briangarrow448
@briangarrow448 5 лет назад
As my father laid in hospice care, his body betrayed by the cruel cancer that wracked his body, I spent hours reading Mr. Kipling's stories to him. Those stories gave him, and me, a great comfort. Thanks again, Mr. History Guy. I can't figure out who is cutting the onions now on my porch.
@TheDoctor1225
@TheDoctor1225 5 лет назад
God bless you, friend. Both of my parents have been gone for some years now, and from time to time as I think back on memories of days gone by, that same person comes along and starts cutting onions. No matter how hard I try, I NEVER can seem to catch them, but someday I'm sure I will! :)
@mov1ngforward
@mov1ngforward 5 лет назад
🙏
@jeffreyroot7346
@jeffreyroot7346 5 лет назад
God Bless! I also sat many hours with my father as he slowly passed due to cancer. Now it's my turn to fight it.
@oldman0995
@oldman0995 5 лет назад
Jeffrey Root much respect. I hope someone stands with you as you did with your father.
@briangarrow448
@briangarrow448 5 лет назад
@@jeffreyroot7346 Stay strong my friend. I will be sending positive thoughts and prayers your way.
@robinsherrod2973
@robinsherrod2973 5 лет назад
My youngest son decided to go to college across the country from where he was hailed; he chose Oregon. He had decided to make it on his own as his mother (myself) had MS and Crohn’s Disease. I sent him out with a hand-written copy of “If”, to follow from day to day. He later told me how often the words came true for him.
@txnetcop
@txnetcop 4 года назад
My mother read IF to me on my 12th birthday. I have done my best to live it! i remember it as a soldier in the late 60s and I still credit that poem for giving me strength to maintain momentum after the death of some of my friends.
@josephstevens9888
@josephstevens9888 Год назад
What a wonderful birthday present from a mother to a son!
@drsch
@drsch 3 года назад
As a father of two daughters, I found his telling of stories to his daughter to be a very touching bit. My daughter does the exact same thing when I make up stories. She memorizes the stories and makes sure I always keep them exactly the same.
@EnTeaJay
@EnTeaJay 5 лет назад
This is one of your most poignant commentaries. Very well done. You’ve captured the essence of this great man.
@Joker-jt3vn
@Joker-jt3vn 5 лет назад
Nancy Jervis Very well put Nancy. We all need to appreciate the challenge of capturing the essence of someone so complex and doing it in 15 minutes!
@theshocker4626
@theshocker4626 5 лет назад
I got something in my eye
@thomasyoest6557
@thomasyoest6557 5 лет назад
I too had something in my eye, but it all poured out.
@thomasyoest6557
@thomasyoest6557 5 лет назад
Who the hell is H.E. Rey. Nothing on YT about him. Snipe hunt??
@tamjacobite4758
@tamjacobite4758 5 лет назад
I could not agree more with Joker
@timcooke9933
@timcooke9933 5 лет назад
My father read me “If” many times when I was young, and I passed that on to my sons. It went a long way to making me the man I am today. A wonderful submission, History Guy. Thank you.
@douglasstrother6584
@douglasstrother6584 4 года назад
"If" ~ Rudyard Kipling IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, ' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_if.htm
@robertfears2011
@robertfears2011 4 года назад
@@douglasstrother6584 beautiful
@douglasstrother6584
@douglasstrother6584 4 года назад
Cigars are less dangerous, too!
@jeffreyroot6300
@jeffreyroot6300 4 года назад
D. E. I will stick to love and heartache. Nothing hurts like a broken heart, but nothing makes life sing in color like love! Me , circa now
@jeffreyroot6300
@jeffreyroot6300 4 года назад
D. E. I will agree I had many infatuations , then one day... 15 years now , I still adore my wife. We’ve settled into life, yes, We don’t get giggly seeing each other, and I can still get an ache in my chest thinking about her . So , you are right, at least in part. I recognize my earlier life in your description.
@bubbalandbeau9872
@bubbalandbeau9872 3 года назад
He has always spoken to me and is my favorite poet. “If” and “Gunga Din” are certainly treasures! “Tommy” a poem about the British soldier, commonly called “Tommy Atkins” by the Brits, much like we say G.I. Joe here in the US., is my favorite though. Kipling knew about soldiers and soldiering. He understood their language, their sense of humor, their lifestyle and sacrifices and their tremendous love of something greater than themselves and hurt when their own countrymen don’t respect them for their service. “For its Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Chuck him out the brute! But it’s savior of his country when the guns begin to shoot; And it’s Tommy this and Tommy that, and anything you please; and Tommy ain’t a blooming fool-- you bet that Tommy sees!” Yes, servicemen and service women see how they get treated. God Bless freedom! Thank you Mr. Kipling and Semper Fidelis from an old Marine.
@pavelstaravoitau7106
@pavelstaravoitau7106 10 месяцев назад
British soldiers were colonising, terrorising and genociding all over the world so disliking them and what they do is totally reasonable (same for the US military). Yet another reason to dislike Rudyard Kipling as a person.
@brega6286
@brega6286 Год назад
I am mother of three and now have one left on this earth. As a young child my father was going to night college for years while he worked full time. He would do double duty... reading his assignments to me.. no kiddie books ! As he had spent time in India and Pakistan area... he had an affinity for Kipling. Those I remember... and Moby Dick but the physics books and such... think I fell asleep fast ! Such a great Dad !
@dusseau13
@dusseau13 5 лет назад
As a retired English teacher, your treatment of Kipling was top notch. Even your narration seemed to flow seamlessly into Kipling and back.
@aneily
@aneily 5 лет назад
Oooh snap!
@davideaston6944
@davideaston6944 5 лет назад
@@dusseau13 "Your very judgemental ..." - Ha! I'm afraid the court finds for the plaintiff. And here I was on your side, finding 'acbulgin2' to be far too presumptuous; and then you went and did this! Doh! {%^)
@dusseau13
@dusseau13 5 лет назад
@@davideaston6944 Are you on something?
@davideaston6944
@davideaston6944 5 лет назад
@@dusseau13 That would be, by any standards of the English language: "YOU'RE very judgemental ...", not "Your very judgemental ..." Seriously? And you want to try sarcasm on me? Yes, I'm on something; it's called, "The Top". Self-righteousness doesn't look good on someone who keeps making mistakes while being proud to say they're an expert on the subject. Try some humility; even a "sorry, my mistake", wouldn't be out of line. Continuing being defensive doesn't work. Good luck with that.
@fredneecher1746
@fredneecher1746 5 лет назад
As a retired English teacher, you should recognise a dangling participle when you write one. Or are you saying the man in the video is the retired English teacher?
@cedainty
@cedainty 5 лет назад
My husband an I are married now 48 years. "If" has always been a favorite of mine. Then I found a sheet of paper in my Hubby's stuff as we were looking for family history. It was a copy of "If" that he had written when he was in high school. Two birds of a feather, he and I, for 48 years and counting.
@marymarysmarket3508
@marymarysmarket3508 4 года назад
Kipling was still required reading in the 1960-70s in Chicago public schools. Starting in Junior High schools. Shakespeare..Dickens..Kipling..Poe. How far we have fallen.
@1995yuda
@1995yuda 3 года назад
Amazing. Thank you for sharing that. Blessings.
@danacoleman4007
@danacoleman4007 3 года назад
congratulations!
@chriscw3487
@chriscw3487 3 года назад
my farther was killed in a traffic accident when my mother was 6 months pregnant with me ...when i was in my early 20s (after my mother had been taken by cancer) i found a letter a friend had sent her after my fathers death ...."if" ....it is not a poem to bring comfort ...but i found understanding ...you can fold in on yourself or you can get on with it and " stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools
@sequoyah59
@sequoyah59 Год назад
An amazingly familiar story. 46 years for us.
@retriever19golden55
@retriever19golden55 4 года назад
I deeply loved Kipling as a child, and read many of his books to my own son when he was young. "Kim" engendered some interesting discussions about people and their times, and the evolution of how we see and how we label others, as Twain's works did also. Thank you, Rudyard Kipling, especially for the real Jungle Book.
@ronjones-6977
@ronjones-6977 Год назад
It's truly a shame that most people just know the animated movie. Kipling is one of my favorite authors. Before I was 6, Captains Courageous was the second book I read, Kidnapped being the first.
@williamdalrymple3775
@williamdalrymple3775 4 года назад
Thank you for this brief insight into Kipling's life. Rarely had any use for fiction but he captured me thoroughly. As I age poorly I appreciate the brief reimersion into the delight of Kipling's rare gift.
@ronjones-6977
@ronjones-6977 Год назад
Your last line reminds me how much the craft of writing has been lost. Kipling always made me feel like I was reading a song. The beauty and flow just sweep you away to a place in HIS imagination.
@thaddeushawley6523
@thaddeushawley6523 5 лет назад
One of my favorite RU-vid days was finding The History Guy. Thanks for the awesome videos!
@nhlightning9804
@nhlightning9804 5 лет назад
I too adore the regular videos from The History Guy.
@kenthawley5990
@kenthawley5990 5 лет назад
From one Hawley to another, I agree!
@LazyTestudines
@LazyTestudines 5 лет назад
I'm lucky youtube persisted. I don't know why but the first few times the history guy was suggested to me, I refused to click. RU-vid seemed adamant about it though, so I watched one but forgot about the channel. Then it suggested it again and again, since then I must have watched at least a hundred of them.
@Eddie42023
@Eddie42023 5 лет назад
@@LazyTestudines all hail the RU-vid algorithm.
@Switcharoo12
@Switcharoo12 5 лет назад
Agreed.👍
@craigdavidson2278
@craigdavidson2278 5 лет назад
My grandad quoted the poem 'IF' to me when I was 9 years old, we were dear stalking in my native perthshire during a school holiday. Grandad was (in his own way) trying to prepare me for future events that could be hard to cope with. 3 weeks later he was buried near his house at Loch Rannoch on the gentle slopes of his beloved Schiehallion. I now think back to how much that walk must have hurt him as he was seriously ill (unbeknown to me) I'd like to think that he had planned the day especially...and "IF" was the way to do it.
@thereforeayam
@thereforeayam 4 года назад
"deer"
@craigdavidson2278
@craigdavidson2278 4 года назад
@@thereforeayam sorry....we were not hunting old ladies
@dominickb7046
@dominickb7046 3 года назад
What a wonderful story , as a grandfather of 8 it inspires me to do more for my grandchildren. Thank you so much!,
@pamil1923
@pamil1923 3 года назад
craig davidson - Thank you for your heartfelt story, you were blessed to have a grandad to do stuff with, both my granddads died when I was just a wee lad and so I don’t remember them. I love the poem, IF, it’s probably my favorite and I listen to it often.👍🏼☮️
@craigdavidson2278
@craigdavidson2278 3 года назад
@Eric Van ....I got that from my dad......my sanctuary was grandads home
@kevinstibich6208
@kevinstibich6208 4 года назад
"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier" Rudyard Kipling... History repeats itself.
@howardwayne3974
@howardwayne3974 4 года назад
That is the first poem of his i learned by heart when I was 10 years old . my teacher asked us to remember a poem to recite in class and I thought since I already knew that one why the hell not . you should have seen her face when I'd finished !!! She looked like she'd been gut shot !! All the boys thought it was the greatest thing ever , but some of the girls were crying , and teacher sent home a letter to my mom . my mom who was a raw boned east Texas woman who was used to cutting down pine trees and slopping hogs laughed so long and loud i thought she would hurt herself. She didn't tell my dad though . he took a dimmer view of such things . god , I miss 'em both so very much .!!!!!!
@5kehhn
@5kehhn 4 года назад
I like it! I like it! Ha! Thanks for the post; it's one of his I missed, from back in the day.
@marymarysmarket3508
@marymarysmarket3508 4 года назад
@@howardwayne3974 ah hahaha. What a life you must have had. ☀️
@howardwayne3974
@howardwayne3974 4 года назад
@@marymarysmarket3508 yeah, grew up in the Brazes river bottoms of southeast Texas fishing at night for catfish ,softshell turtles and anything else that came my way . Picking cotton in summer and pecans inthe fall . working cattle and breaking horses in between hunting trips. Spent 10 years as a United States Marine with two tours of combat duty in Viet Nam .been married to the same good woman for 46 years and raised a daughter and son . learned a lot about people from both sides of my parents family . my mothers side was old southern with pride in serving in our countries wars since the revolution and brought their cooking with them . my fathers side was Czech (moravian ) that came to Texas in 1870 , so they were relative newcomers . learned to butcher hogs and make sausage and run a smokehouse from them . also my grandmother made the best poppyseed kolaches ever .
@marymarysmarket3508
@marymarysmarket3508 4 года назад
Howard Wayne..you are a rich man! 💰 And a great storyteller. My father also sat seven kids down and read us poetry. From comments here, it was a common practice...of lasting influence. We were raised in Chicago in the 50’s, and like you, had a good strong upbringing. I am Eastern Orthodox and quite familiar w many Eastern European cultures. Great food and super people. Best wishes going forward from our situation now. Things will never be as idyllic as you describe. Sad really. Think I’ll read a bit more Kipling and remember when people and ideals mattered.📕
@picklesthewise
@picklesthewise 4 года назад
One of my favorite writers. I loved the Jungle Book and Just So stories growing up and found his other works and poetry later. Despite the fantastical descriptions of his children's stories, his more "grown up" works had a lot more brutal realism and tragedy, but also a staunch sympathy for his fellow man. Never tire of reading them.
@DigitalDuelist
@DigitalDuelist 4 года назад
My favorite poet, and I never knew his life was so tragic. I'm forever grateful his work was immortalized and somehow found it's way to me.
@josephdupont
@josephdupont Год назад
I'd like you to research United flight 409 which at the time of a crash in 1955 was the largest air disaster in the United States recently a gentleman I know ran carbon monoxide test on some of the remains that are still buried near where the plane crash into the mountains the industry tried to blame it on pilot error but there's enough evidence now that any logical person would realize that the plane was flying out of control and wobbling in the air and when it hit the mountain it was still at Cruise power they never went to full power when they hit the mountain which would have been a natural instinct for any pilot I can send you my references let me know if you're interested in taking this one on I might even sponsor this one it took out four of our residents here in Towanda one of the ladies before they went on the Strip they got their wheel redone because she thought it was about time they had some bad bad fortune
@oscarwarren469
@oscarwarren469 Год назад
Chitty...bang down.
@jackofswords7
@jackofswords7 5 лет назад
My favorite poet by far. As a veteran of the British Army I would call him the soldiers poet. Thank you for covering his life story.
@lynnhauenstein4136
@lynnhauenstein4136 4 года назад
Yes I have an old book of soldiers ditties. By Kipling.
@frankmueller2781
@frankmueller2781 4 года назад
Not only s great poet, but one the best observers of the coming culture of the 20th century.
@janebrown1706
@janebrown1706 Год назад
Yes, the soldier's poet!
@DawnOldham
@DawnOldham 3 года назад
What a talented man who was burdened with so much tragedy. My heart hurts for him. And yet he pushed himself and all of us to continue to do out very best no matter the circumstances.
@beanowa5496
@beanowa5496 7 месяцев назад
Burdened by tragedy? The tragedy was he himself with his views. The man was nothing.
@MrRavenski23
@MrRavenski23 Год назад
Being French, I did not know much about him except for the Jungle Book as in France educational system, literature is mainly focussed on French authors. Reading some of the comments inspired me to read "If" after watching the video. This is a most superb masterpiece of a poem, what a great man he must have been to capture so well the lessons in life! And good with words too!
@cruzdirector8637
@cruzdirector8637 5 лет назад
My mother read Kipling to me and my siblings often. I had no idea that the man behind the pen suffered so much. Again, thank you for another peek behind the curtains of history. You’re the best, History Guy!
@1962pjh
@1962pjh 5 лет назад
One of my favorites is, "The Cat that Walked by Himself'
@damnperrys1
@damnperrys1 5 лет назад
When I was a student at the US Army Sniper school in the early 90's we were taught KIM's (Keep In Mind) games. A referral to Kipling's methods to train to improve memory and focus by being able to recall small details and the bigger picture of what we had seen/heard during the lesson. Something I still use in my practices today and something Ive taught my children to do. A invaluable tool no matter the profession. I had lost the origin of these exercises until listening to your lesson. Fondly remembering times from long ago, kept me alive and strong I know.... Thank you!
@gulfrelay2249
@gulfrelay2249 5 лет назад
This memory exercise was featured in the novel Kim. Also in the film Gigi. Used in Secrets of The Ninja, Palidin Press, ca. 1990 something by (wait for it) Ashida KIM! I myself have used this to entertain and hopefully sharpen up bored kids and myself. Along with reading and memorizing upside down text.
@schizoidboy
@schizoidboy 5 лет назад
Considering what I heard about Ashida Kim, he probably stole it from Kipling's Kim. ;)
@intotheabyssoftheunknown4479
@intotheabyssoftheunknown4479 5 лет назад
Yes, it does heighten ones situational awareness!
@gulfrelay2249
@gulfrelay2249 5 лет назад
@@schizoidboy along with the screenwriter who did Gigi. Kipling himself probably picked it up from the street kids. There's quite a bit of shady goings on and tradecraft in Kim. BTW, Ashida Kim lead me to the real Kim. A.K. obviously a nom de plume, cashing in on the Ninja craze. The parts on meditation and combatives were pretty good; simple, easy to understand, and therefore useful.
@peculiarlittleman5303
@peculiarlittleman5303 5 лет назад
Thank you! Will try! I'm far too oblivious. I think too much.
@Loreman72
@Loreman72 4 года назад
I grew up in South Africa in the 70s and 80s, and Kipling's stories were part of my culture. Until now, I had no idea he'd spent so much time in America! His stories are loaded with the British Raj, with snippets of languages and concepts from Malaya, India and South Africa. It was a vanished world, and I can still recite some of those poems off by heart.
@dennisnolan5095
@dennisnolan5095 Год назад
I'm almost 60 but I was raised hearing my father (using amazing voices) reading The Elephant's Child & The Cat Who Walked By Himself. How wonderful it is to learn more about Kipling. Thank you!
@MsMesem
@MsMesem Год назад
but ? Seems very normal and a very happy memory.
@farmerned6
@farmerned6 5 лет назад
“Have you news of my boy Jack? ” Not this tide. “When d’you think that he’ll come back?” Not with this wind blowing, and this tide. “Has any one else had word of him?” Not this tide. For what is sunk will hardly swim, Not with this wind blowing, and this tide. “Oh, dear, what comfort can I find?” None this tide, Nor any tide, Except he did not shame his kind- Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide. Then hold your head up all the more, This tide, And every tide; Because he was the son you bore, And gave to that wind blowing and that tide! for John Kipling or Jack Cornwell
@janeminwell4395
@janeminwell4395 5 лет назад
A truly beautiful poem by one of my favourite authors. Loved all the stories in the Jungle Book as a child.
@farmerned6
@farmerned6 5 лет назад
@@janeminwell4395 "The boy is safe, and it was I--I--I that caught Nag by the hood last night in the bathroom." Then he began to jump up and down, all four feet together, his head close to the floor. "He threw me to and fro, but he could not shake me off. He was dead before the big man blew him in two. I did it!" " Rikkitikki-tck-tck! Come then,Nagaina. Come and fight with me. You shall not be a widow long." the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi or ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IiP8bjijSdo.html
@janeminwell4395
@janeminwell4395 5 лет назад
@@farmerned6 Toomai of the Elephants was and is a favourite. Kala Nag, wonderful .
@thereforeayam
@thereforeayam 4 года назад
"for"
@Martin-tn5lm
@Martin-tn5lm 3 месяца назад
Thanks for the wording of the verse. Here in West Ireland the old people made the blowing "wind" rhyme with "bind" as Kipling intended too. To my long-passed father Kipling's store of tales and poems was a treasure - as it is to me now.
@262marcus
@262marcus 5 лет назад
I got a lump in the throat at the quoting of “if”. Learning of Kipling’s background seemed to lend the poem more poignancy A history well told and worth remembering. Well done History Guy.
@markakin3742
@markakin3742 3 года назад
Very much so
@tango6nf477
@tango6nf477 3 года назад
A bit of trivia, Kipling's unusual name "Rudyard" originated from Rudyard Lake, a small lake in Staffordshire England which is a local beauty spot and where his parents used to visit.
@5330MALLARD
@5330MALLARD Год назад
As a kid in grade school I learned to recite “If” as a class project. To this day, at 75, it is my most favorite recitation. And Kipling is my most favorite writer of both prose and poetry.
@michaelmartin6912
@michaelmartin6912 5 лет назад
You always lessen my ignorance , and for that I thank you sir...
@dmc2554
@dmc2554 5 лет назад
That doesn't even rhyme.......
@virginagobetz4756
@virginagobetz4756 5 лет назад
@@dmc2554 What ARE you talking about?
@dmc2554
@dmc2554 5 лет назад
@@virginagobetz4756 Poetry.
@michaelmartin6912
@michaelmartin6912 4 года назад
d mc......yes , rhyming would have been a nice touch. Wish I had thought of that..
@TheAuntieBa
@TheAuntieBa 5 лет назад
My beloved grandfather had a collection of every published Kipling work; his favorite author, so I knew Kipling early. I have that collection now. My grandparents struggled financially, so they’re cheap books with yellowed, fragile pages but so dear. I’m appalled to hear now of Kipling’s childhood and the loss of two of his three children. So much beauty out of sadness.
@Froobyone
@Froobyone 4 года назад
I lived a few short miles from Bateman's, Kipling's home. So his poems and experiences were never far from my mind growing up. Gunga Din still moves me 50 years later.
@jeanlouisfrenette534
@jeanlouisfrenette534 2 года назад
The Canadian Engineers are reminded daily of Rudyard Kipling. In 1922 a Calling For an Engineer was created in Montreal Canada. At graduation a closed ceremony is performed, reciting a Pledge written by Rudyard Kipling. At the close of the ceremony the engineer is given an iron ring to be worn on the pinky finger of the writing hand. Wikipedia describe the process in " Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer"; it describe in details the participation of Rudyard Kipling in the ritual ceremony. Thank you for the story.
@JDnBeastlet
@JDnBeastlet 5 лет назад
When I was a kid and having a tough time, my Mom would say, "Hang in, Gunga Din!" It was years before I learned of the poem that was the source of that name, and it has been one of my favourites ever since. Thank you for sharing history, which does indeed deserve to be remembered.
@Alex462047
@Alex462047 5 лет назад
Kipling's poem "If" was one of my grandfather's favourite poems. May they both rest in peace.
@LiftOffLife
@LiftOffLife 4 года назад
"If" is brilliant.
@rebeccawoolfolk5377
@rebeccawoolfolk5377 4 года назад
My dad had me memorize poems when I was little, and If was one of them.
@philmcdonald4778
@philmcdonald4778 4 года назад
@@rebeccawoolfolk5377 No waste of time.
@williamashbless7904
@williamashbless7904 Год назад
There was a famous greeting card that featured a nerd reading a book under an apple tree. A voluptuous brunette(could’ve been blonde) approaches him and the nerd asks her: “Do you like Kipling?” To which the brunette responds with: “I don’t know, you naughty boy, I’ve never Kippled.” Consistently some of the finest content this platform offers. Thank you.
@feroz5927
@feroz5927 4 года назад
Your rendition of Kipling's poem IF was superb. I also enjoyed your narration of his tragic life. As a child, I always liked Kipling's Jungle Book, and so did my son.
@phyllisrigney8256
@phyllisrigney8256 5 лет назад
Wonderful and sad. You present these videos so very well!
@Chinahand111
@Chinahand111 5 лет назад
Mr. History Guy is the best. What a story teller! Please show more of your cat.
@zencreature
@zencreature 5 лет назад
Agreed.
@JonSauter
@JonSauter 4 года назад
I used to get water for my grandfather during his ending days. He called me Gunga Din and I rolled my eyes. It was a joke and I felt inconvenienced as I was a teenager and didn't think he would be gone soon. I thought there was time left. Then he was dead. Thank you for this history that should be remembered. I assume he knew Gunga Din from a movie, or maybe he read the story at some time. I have his US Navy civilian credentials from when he worked. He grew from the typest pool to a manager that dealt with Nazi captured technology. My son and I watch your channel now and I have learned so much. He asks now to watch about u boats and the wars. Keep it up, we appreciate it.
@DawnSuttonfabfour
@DawnSuttonfabfour 4 года назад
He knew gunga din (or men like him) in reality; he was born and brought up in India. And in the poem Kipling wrote, Din was also a hero.
@jeme7339
@jeme7339 Год назад
@@DawnSuttonfabfour "he", here refers to the commenter's grandfather.
@OriOfTangleWood
@OriOfTangleWood 3 года назад
This just went to the top of my favourite History Guy videos! I havn't seen all of them yet, but the raw emotion and powerful quotes of this episode are seriously moving. It is very well written and edited and performed. Thank you.
@frankapplegate4852
@frankapplegate4852 4 года назад
I have watched so many of your "history that deserves to be remembered". I have enjoyed them all. But this one touched me. What a beautiful and touching way to end your lesson. "IF" means so much more to me now. Thank you for this gift of enlightenment.
@overlycreative1
@overlycreative1 5 лет назад
It was having a childhood of now 60 years ago past that in reading these types of great novels I was enchanted with the adventures more lucidly created in my imagination. It was through the lives of men like Kipling, Melville, Hemingway and others that I learned a man could survive sometimes through will alone, what would take a lesser informed or inspired man down. I have climbed cold wet mountains, slept in muddy war torn nights, had no water drink and little food to eat at times. But I never suffered as the romance of my life's history was being created with each larvae I ate, each full moon I counted as my calendar, each wave I sailed over. I have had a lucky life to be sure but I would not trade a single second of it having the words of these men, written as if just for me alone. In the times I was alone against the elements and predatory animals I had these stories in memory to keep me company. I grew up with great men of literature all around me, they made a better man out of me.
@src4526
@src4526 5 лет назад
that is hardcore friend. and more, i can totally identify with it.
@illuminickiblanco
@illuminickiblanco 5 лет назад
Great post... I loved getting lost in literature,and till this day I still love a great read..But nowadays these kids are like "Books? I'm not sure what that is...Is that a French word?" Lol
@kathymyers7279
@kathymyers7279 5 лет назад
overlycreative1 cool person. Some how someway, tell your story!
@mariadacre5875
@mariadacre5875 5 лет назад
overlycreative1...Nicely put that post was a work of art in itself.
@JTan74
@JTan74 5 лет назад
Whenever I need inspiration or faced with a moral dilemma, I read Kipling's "If". I'm glad you recited it in closing. 🙏🏽
@jmad627
@jmad627 5 лет назад
J. Tan I do the same thing.
@davidzuk
@davidzuk 4 года назад
I first heard 'If' in high school and then memorized the poem a few months after. The poem helped center me when my life seemed to be falling apart, and humble me when I felt on top of the world. Kipling had a gift of putting a persons sentiment into words, and I'm glad to remember them today.
@cc1k435
@cc1k435 Год назад
Thank you for this. I had been prepared to hear some terrible tales about Kipling in India while it was under British rule, so I've always put off looking into his personal story. Like everyone else, though, his life was complicated and often sad like so many writers, and I will appreciate that about him when re-reading his work in the future.
@malcolmyoung7866
@malcolmyoung7866 5 лет назад
My favourite poet and author..But having spent 22 years in Her Britannic Majesty's Armed Forces' that should not surprise anyone I guess....Did I see a tear welling up at the very end of 'IF', Lance? If so, welcome to the club...
@randomperson8695
@randomperson8695 5 лет назад
Thank you for your service, Malcolm. -Your US brother in service to NATO.
@TERoss-jk9ny
@TERoss-jk9ny 5 лет назад
I watched my Mom and Dad slowly die after first, my little sister was killed when she was 10, then my little brother killed at the age of 20. I’m living proof the good die young, and they take pieces of your being with them. Never to recovered. My heart goes out to this great author.
@brianwillem
@brianwillem 5 лет назад
T.E. Ross This is a hard burden. There are no words that an comfort.
@TERoss-jk9ny
@TERoss-jk9ny 5 лет назад
Harder when you’re the one that’s left. Praying every day YOU don’t die knowing what it will do to your parents. I’m all that’s left, now, so it’s ok. They’re all together! I can’t wait to join them! Thanks for your comment.
@kerrymcdonagh1327
@kerrymcdonagh1327 5 лет назад
@@TERoss-jk9ny "IF" you have done your best, then they are proud of you.
@ThePeaceableKingdom
@ThePeaceableKingdom 5 лет назад
compassion for your loss
@lautoka63
@lautoka63 5 лет назад
@@TERoss-jk9ny I hear your grief and have nothing to compare with it. However, I wonder how your family would want you to live: I have lost my parents and my brother and try to live in the knowledge that I have life, where they do not, so I should live it to the fullest while I have it.
@crooker2
@crooker2 Год назад
I live in a city called "Medicine Hat" in Canada... In 1907, Kipling visited this area of the country and wrote "This part of the country seems to have all hell for a basement, and the only trap door appears to be in Medicine Hat." His comments refer to the seemingly unlimited stores of natural gas in the area and remains to this day to be one of our trademarks. Medicine Hat, the city with All Hell for a Basement. I think that's pretty cool.
@tristamharrington1726
@tristamharrington1726 2 года назад
Thank you very much for your contributions in keeping history alive, especially the forgotten and unknown. It is truly history worth remembering.
@marktaylor8659
@marktaylor8659 5 лет назад
I knew nothing more about Rudyard Kipling other than "The Jungle Book" and "Captain Courageous" until watching this episode. Thank you for sharing about his life.
@LostInThe0zone
@LostInThe0zone 5 лет назад
Prior to today, I only knew his name. Your telling of his life brought tears to my eyes. I now intend to read all of his works because I feel I have an understanding of him.
@bluemavryk
@bluemavryk Год назад
Thank-you for sharing this snippet of forgotten history with us - it was beautiful
@UncaDave
@UncaDave Год назад
Well done! The poetry reminds me of how much we miss words that cause us to reflect. This has become a tragic loss in itself in these present days.
@dalekidd420
@dalekidd420 4 года назад
Kipling's writing was so very memorable. As you quoted "The Jungle Book", I found myself quoting it along with you... text I have not read these past forty years or more. I recall that in my early teens, an avid outdoorsman growing up in the wilds of northern Ontario, I selected a verse to be used as my own epitaph in case I should meet with misfortune: it was from Mowgli's "Song of the Little Hunter", and I felt it defined my being at the time.
@rcknbob1
@rcknbob1 5 лет назад
A number of us old soldiers are familiar with Kipling's "Barrack-House Ballads", and his stories of the British soldiery like "Tommy": And its Tommy this, and Tommy that, And Tommy, how's your soul, But it's "thin red line of heroes" when the guns begin to roll. Nationalistic? Yes. Jingoistic? Maybe. But patriotic? Assuredly. And a good counter to "Soldiers and dogs, keep off the grass".
@TheDoctor1225
@TheDoctor1225 5 лет назад
I can't say as I would apply those labels (aside from patriotic) to that poem (which is of course my opinion and worth approximately that much, too! :) ) I believe that poem is, especially today, a very pointed commentary on the way that a great many people view the military (or the police, or EMS, or...) in that it's easy to make fun of them, lump all of them together because of the actions of a few or ignore them UNTIL there's trouble, or battle, or something happens - then suddenly we dust off the title of "hero," "courageous," brave," etc and suddenly they become people we look up to even while we're pushing them to the front to protect us. And it's a DAMNED good counter to the sign you mentioned.
@peterwoods5310
@peterwoods5310 5 лет назад
"And it's First Class for soldier Atkins when the guns begin to shout".
@tenderheart7530
@tenderheart7530 4 года назад
Your recitation of ‘If’ was so timely & brought tears. Thank you. ☮️
@nicoledeloncrais5940
@nicoledeloncrais5940 4 года назад
I just love your passion, joy, and devotion not simply to history but to knowledge. So often meaning is lost or events, people or situations devalued from loss of understanding and vital details. Thank you yet again for another brief and brilliant insight. Wonderful.
@thelightbearer8050
@thelightbearer8050 5 лет назад
Buddy, you are a great educator, the world needs many more people like you!
@571951rhoehn1
@571951rhoehn1 5 лет назад
"If" is one of the great pieces of poetry ever written. Thank you for remembering a tragic figure, a fine writer, and I believe a study of man v the world.
@adreabrooks11
@adreabrooks11 Год назад
Your stories never fail to put a face on the numbers - but this one, particularly, moved me. It was an excellent choice to quote Kipling directly, and you made excellent choices in the passages themselves. Bravo once again!
@matthewnewnham-runner-writer
So nicely done. Thank you for this - and your many other contributions. History teaches us so much if we're prepared to open ourselves to it. Best wishes from the UK and Spain.
@frankycompagnone7356
@frankycompagnone7356 5 лет назад
You out did yourself with this one.. Many thanks as he is still my favorite author .at the end you brought a tear to my eye, and I thank you sir.
@itsjohndell
@itsjohndell 5 лет назад
I've saved my comment for here rather than Patreon . This may be the best and most important video yet. A story not only to be remembered, but one too little known. Thank you, Lance.
@marthagiza4884
@marthagiza4884 Год назад
My father introduced me to Kipling when I was an adolescent. I found this little history fascinating and touching, thank you.
@thoughtfulkayaker8065
@thoughtfulkayaker8065 Год назад
Kipling is one of my favorite authors. His lines flow like a symphony, His thoughts both humorous, thought provoking, and memorable. I quote him often to my friends, and other passers by. Thank you.
@VentureStudioSolutions
@VentureStudioSolutions 5 лет назад
Really excellent and respectful video, really appreciate you not assaulting his legacy because of a narrow political view he held. It seems to be nearly impossible to find historical topics and events presented without superimposing contemporary, popular opinion. Thank you
@EnTeaJay
@EnTeaJay 5 лет назад
mister ichi you are right. Not only have we become the PC police, but also are mostly incapable of understanding other times, cultures and places. The patriotism Kipling not only wrote about, but demonstrated in his own life at such a high cost should be admired and emulated.
@shadysif6220
@shadysif6220 5 лет назад
You mean the fact that Kipling was a pro imperialist. Or in modern terms a white supremacist. No one made him write "White Man's Burden". it's no coincidence that many of the same people who are quick to defend his diseased belief about genetic supremacy, are of the same race. And claim to be Christians, but act nothing like Christ. Your statement is thanking him for excluding relevant history. He was a rabid racist, who believed Whites were superior, and that it was a God given duty to "civilize", the natives. Stealing and slaughtering for the "greater good". Which led to civil wars, attempted genocides, world wars, the use of nuclear weapons, even more unstable regions, unholy alliances that created even more enemies, and bitter disputes that lead to more deaths to this day. Yep, Kipling and his beloved imperialist were right all along. Now, who were the real savages?
@marilynkonrad8497
@marilynkonrad8497 5 лет назад
Mister ichi. I agree with you. I enjoyed the video tremendously. The narrow political view he held was of his time and mind set. He contributed so much to the world. His Stirling observations shine through In his writing. Holding onto your beliefs publicly is a challenge both now and looking back in history. I have always admired this man since childhood. Being almost 79. I’m not going to change. A very wise man.
@shadysif6220
@shadysif6220 5 лет назад
@@Rio_Seco You mean the advocates of historical accuracy. Either something is factual or it isn't.
@shadysif6220
@shadysif6220 5 лет назад
@@Rio_Seco One positive would be the imperialist learning about God and Christ from the some of the very people they called themselves converting. Because most of them used the Bible as a tool of oppression, as they were too arrogant and filled with self righteous hubris to have a clue about real Christianity.
@tonynicholls7440
@tonynicholls7440 5 лет назад
History is one of my passions..... "IF" only I had found this channel sooner,
@tahosaeditingservices6957
@tahosaeditingservices6957 Год назад
My school concentrated on Shakespeare and authors from the United States. A lot of them I didn't understand as a student. Your story helps me to understand why I was attracted to Rudyard Kipling's writings. I could actually understand it. I've used his line, "You're a better man than I, Gunga Din" over the years, and no one understood it. I need to read more Kipling. Thank you.
@tcwright7544
@tcwright7544 2 года назад
Beautifully written and presented. Thank You Lance and Co for your wonderful work.
@jeffpenberthy7085
@jeffpenberthy7085 4 года назад
A marvelous edition of your program delivered with true heart THG! Although Australian, many years ago I was a Time magazine bureau chief in New Delhi, and covered a lot of the old Kipling territories, so this resonated so much. But I have admired the thoroughness, care, style and breadth of subjects in all your programs. Hope you, your good wife, and cat, can keep up this the obviously happy work for many a good year.
@WaltzingAustralia
@WaltzingAustralia 5 лет назад
I was introduced to Kipling by my father, who read the Just So Stories to me when I was a child. I can still quote lines that delighted me ("...the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees" or "on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee"). I have since then read a large number of Kipling's books, including some of the less well known ones, such as the slightly autobiographical "Stalky and Company." Interesting to see all these works put in context of his own life. Always enjoy your programs, but this one resonated for me.
@jaydenronnie3155
@jaydenronnie3155 Год назад
Hi 👋
@Germanaugustomorales
@Germanaugustomorales 4 года назад
the best reading of "IF" I have heard so far. Thank you.
@charlesbarboza8591
@charlesbarboza8591 4 года назад
“IF” is my favorite poem. I read it every morning before I start my day. It reminds me of the possibilities “IF” I can just “keep my head”. Thanks for sharing. Be well.
@madprofessor1
@madprofessor1 5 лет назад
It's "Tommy this" and "Tommy that" and "Tommy go away". But it's "thank you Mr Atkins" when the band begins to play.
@jamesjanson6129
@jamesjanson6129 4 года назад
"an chuck him out the brute! But Tomy's everyone's hero when the guns begin to shoot."
@MyBlueZed
@MyBlueZed 4 года назад
From here to eternity ...
@thomaslinton1001
@thomaslinton1001 4 года назад
"For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;"
@howardwayne3974
@howardwayne3974 4 года назад
My favorite book was " barrack room ballads " had a lasting effect on me . I spent 10 years in the u . s. Marines as a result . ha ha . what a time !!!
@nickjung7394
@nickjung7394 3 года назад
Isn't this the truth?
@DougMarlowe
@DougMarlowe 5 лет назад
As a surviving parent, I know all too well of his pain. Well done!
@user-vm5ud4xw6n
@user-vm5ud4xw6n 3 года назад
Excellent broadcast History Guy! I always enjoy listening to you recite something on your show. You make the works come alive in a way many people are incapable of!
@walteradams3775
@walteradams3775 4 года назад
"What is the greatest thing a king can do for his land? The task that lies under his nose, with the tools that lie under his hand." The Kings Job
@marymarysmarket3508
@marymarysmarket3508 4 года назад
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@markblix6880
@markblix6880 5 лет назад
I am 63 years old and have known of Rudyard Kipling for a long time. Now I know something about him. Thanks THG.
@ullyesses-v1984
@ullyesses-v1984 5 лет назад
I remember back in the early 70's coming across "If" in an old poetry book at home and choosing it to read in a "Speech" course I was taking in the 9th grade. I've always loved that poem.
@466thBG
@466thBG 3 года назад
One of the best and most moving stories I've seen you do. A good story well told.
@jennaolbermann7663
@jennaolbermann7663 4 года назад
My father used to read me Just So Stories when I was little. Thank you for telling Mr. Kipling’s story. Very tragic but worth remembering.
@araeagle3829
@araeagle3829 5 лет назад
A fantastic video as always. I had not realised just how tragic Kipling's life was. It brings me to the edge of weeping on his behalf. "IF" has been my favorite poem since I first read it at age 16. I will be forever grateful to my high school literature teacher, Ms Blakenship for introducing it to me. An elaborate framed copy was given to me for my Eagle Scout court of honor. It is still precious to me.
@Tourist1967
@Tourist1967 5 лет назад
"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster / and treat those two impostors just the same." is inscribed above the players entrance at Wimbledon's Centre Court.
@MarkSmith-js2pu
@MarkSmith-js2pu 5 лет назад
Araeagle, congrats to You and MS Blankenship
@catcook3324
@catcook3324 5 лет назад
"IF", one of the greatest English language poems ever written. In "St Martin's Lane" (1938) Charles Laughton does a wonderful recitation of it while he schools Vivian Leigh on the fine points of being a busker. Worth a watch!
@ownpetard8379
@ownpetard8379 3 года назад
"busker" street/public place entertainer for donations
@leeh.1900
@leeh.1900 3 года назад
Wow...this was beautiful. I lost my little Granddaughter 2 weeks ago. A child of light and joy...and now she's gone. I think I'll read me some Kipling. Thanks THG...I love your work.
@jbisntme
@jbisntme 4 года назад
When I first read Kiplings “ IF “ I became spellbound by the words. I couldn’t stop reading it , over and over again. Not to memorize , but to let those words sink deep into my soul. For I truly believed that I was reading “ truth “. A blueprint on how I should live my life .
@WillyEckaslike
@WillyEckaslike 5 лет назад
Kiplings best poem is one that resonates today in our globalist enforced multicultural world...its called "The Stranger" The Stranger within my gate, He may be true or kind, But he does not talk my talk-- I cannot feel his mind. I see the face and the eyes and the mouth, But not the soul behind. The men of my own stock, They may do ill or well, But they tell the lies I am wanted to, They are used to the lies I tell; And we do not need interpreters When we go to buy or sell. The Stranger within my gates, He may be evil or good, But I cannot tell what powers control-- What reasons sway his mood; Nor when the Gods of his far-off land Shall repossess his blood. The men of my own stock, Bitter bad they may be, But, at least, they hear the things I hear, And see the things I see; And whatever I think of them and their likes They think of the likes of me. This was my father's belief And this is also mine: Let the corn be all one sheaf-- And the grapes be all one vine, Ere our children's teeth are set on edge By bitter bread and wine.
@michaelsmith1094
@michaelsmith1094 4 года назад
Oscar, sounds like hr was influenced by Orwell's 1984 Big Brother.
@maritimedragon
@maritimedragon 4 года назад
I doubt He'd buy into "Diversity is our strength".
@deanbenson6879
@deanbenson6879 4 года назад
Applicable today, as ever...
@kyhber1
@kyhber1 4 года назад
Isn't strange when you read that poem that orwell disliked him so much . Surly they both shared the same views on at least some things ..
@3vimages471
@3vimages471 3 года назад
Rudyard would be turning in his grave if he could see his England today. Shame on us and our fathers for allowing it to happen.
@KatWilton
@KatWilton 5 лет назад
I adore Kipling - his use of language was so rich and beautiful, and my daddy's gentle voice always echos in my ears when I re-read the Just So Stories. Thanks so much for this excellent video!
@marilynkonrad8497
@marilynkonrad8497 5 лет назад
Very well said. Thank you for sharing my own thoughts. ❤️
@scottkandee3517
@scottkandee3517 3 года назад
This was fantastic! Wonderful delivering and so enjoyable to learn about Rudyard Kipling. Thank you.
@dustinbarham2579
@dustinbarham2579 3 года назад
We where blessed, those that grew up reading Kipling. I love 'If' at the end, one of my favorites of all time. Thanks for this.
@cuhurun
@cuhurun 5 лет назад
An absolutely excellent video, thank you for your effort. Must say I really love the 1975 film 'The Man Who Would Be King', starring Michael Caine and Sean Connery, in which Kipling is portrayed in it's prologue and epilogue. For those who haven't seen it, from start to finish it was very well produced, and as entertainment, is still very worthwhile.
@ronjones-6977
@ronjones-6977 Год назад
Thank you for reminding me. I think it's time I go back and re-watch a bunch of John Huston movies.
@malcolmscrivener8750
@malcolmscrivener8750 Год назад
@@ronjones-6977 African Queen
@oscarwarren469
@oscarwarren469 Год назад
Good brain work...the stuff we can't teach now.
@007jjr
@007jjr 5 лет назад
That was an incredible Vlog. "If" at the end profoundly affected me. Thank you. I intend to pick up his literature.
@kimballscarr
@kimballscarr 4 года назад
If is all hope and no remorse. Thank you, for telling this life lived well and not forgotten. If all else lost it remains in my heart, ever to never more.
@susannebeer-eyk7054
@susannebeer-eyk7054 2 года назад
Your reading of "If" was wonderful and touching. Thank you so much for telling Kipling's story.
@jaydenronnie3155
@jaydenronnie3155 Год назад
Hello 🌺
@stephenhodgson3506
@stephenhodgson3506 5 лет назад
People often forget that Baden-Powell used the Jungle Book as the motivational frame for the cub scout movement.
@stephenhodgson3506
@stephenhodgson3506 5 лет назад
@Gary Daniel I didn't say the Boy Scouts I said the Cub Scouts which didn't start until 1916. Oh and the Boy Scouts began in 1908 . The Boer War ended in 1902.
@paulmanson253
@paulmanson253 5 лет назад
You are of course correct. Interesting dialogue here. You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it think.
@stephenhodgson3506
@stephenhodgson3506 5 лет назад
@Gary Daniel So you'rte saying the Scouts don't know their own history with all the artefacts they have?
@stephenhodgson3506
@stephenhodgson3506 5 лет назад
The Book Scouting for Boys ( of which I own a second edition ) wasn't written until 1908 which itself was based on a camp held by Baden-Powell in 1907 to test out the ideas in the book. Baden was far too busy fighting in the Boer War to be founding a boys movement in London. While some of his ideas for the book came from the Boer War they also came from American backwoodsmen and the Boys Brigade which was founded in 1883 well before the Boer War started.
@stephenhodgson3506
@stephenhodgson3506 5 лет назад
Gary Daniel I should add the Baden-Powell wasn't actually at the Battle of Nooitgedacht where Killings Alley took place so he would have been hard pressed to form anything or get any ideas that he could use.
@davidcooke8005
@davidcooke8005 5 лет назад
Last time I was this early The History Guy was still the Current Events Guy.
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
@TheHistoryGuyChannel 5 лет назад
LOL
@richardmourdock2719
@richardmourdock2719 5 лет назад
Great one Cooke!!!
@sirderam1
@sirderam1 5 лет назад
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Dear History Guy, You completely misinterpreted the meaning of, "The White Man's Burden". Kipling was advocating the very opposite of what you suggest. If you try to put aside our 21st Century "knee-jerk" reaction to that first line, and read the rest of the poem more carefully, I think you will be able to see his message more clearly. Kipling's aim was not to encourage US imperialism, but to discourage it.
@illuminickiblanco
@illuminickiblanco 5 лет назад
Lol nice
@markbaker9459
@markbaker9459 4 года назад
Aloha my friend and thank you for this piece of History. With this sad life of Kipling, you also found the soul of the man who wrote so well to us. We would be so at a loss if he had not given us so much. Thank you for th[s edition.
@nixbronowski5822
@nixbronowski5822 4 года назад
Please keep these vids coming..They are just Fantastic. Thank you!
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