In case you've been living under a rock, a series of bombings -- almost certainly perpetrated by Muslim extremists -- swept through London this morning. As of 1500 EST, the death toll is at least 30, with hundreds more wounded. The terrorists might want to ponder the following:
It was not part of their blood, It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good, When the English began to hate.
They were not easily moved, They were icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved, Ere the English began to hate.
Their voices were even and low, Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show, When the English began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd, It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud, When the English began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred, It will not switftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead, When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.
- Rudyard Kipling, The Beginnings, 1914.
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