Difference between revisions of "A penn no weightier nor a polepost"

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* '''The pen is mightier than the sword:''' famous saying attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)
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* '''The pen is mightier than the sword:''' Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), ''Richelieu'', Act 2, Scene 2
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pen_is_mightier_than_the_sword Wikipedia]
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pen_is_mightier_than_the_sword Wikipedia]
  

Latest revision as of 08:32, 7 November 2010

  • The pen is mightier than the sword: Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), Richelieu, Act 2, Scene 2
  • Pen → in FW Shem is the writer of the letter, hence he's the pen-man ("Shem the Pen")
  • Post → in FW Shaun delivers the letter, hence he's the post-man ("Shaun the Post")
  • penna: (Latin) feather → in the Egyptian Book of the Dead (boke of the deeds two lines below), during the Judgment of the Dead by Osiris, the heart of the deceased is weighed in a balance against a feather to see if it is heavy with sin
  • wittier
  • goalpost
  • Libra: the zodiacal constellation of the Balance → the weighing of the deceased's soul in a balance in the Egyptian Book of the Dead


Commentary

This line invokes the epic struggle between the two sons of HCE: Shem (File:Shem.png) and Shaun (File:Shaun.png).