Talk:Charles Péguy
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[edit] A Little Tidying
I cleaned up the comments on the Cahiers. I also removed the comment that Péguy "disliked" Dreyfus. I am not aware he ever met Dreyfus, but in any case it needs at least a citation, if not some clarification. I am amazed there's no Wiki article on Lucien Herr.KD Tries Again 18:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)KD
[edit] A Suggestion
Over at fr.wikipedia.org there's a lengthy article (with a good picture) on Péguy. Has anyone considered simply (essentially) translating it, since the article standards, reference requirements, and so on are presumably identical?
One thing that I haven't been able to find, unfortunately, is the source for his most famous aphorism -- or at least a famous aphorism attributed to him: "Charles Peguy once observed, 'It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of looking insufficiently progressive.'" Anybody know for sure what it comes from?
Craig Goodrich Las Vegas 68.229.51.161 06:18, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
There is a good page on Péguy at http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0063.html -- and it answered my question above, though without a definite citation. In one of his articles criticizing his fellow (socialist) Dreyfusards (defenders of Dreyfus), he wrote,
“Some people want to insult and abuse the army, because it’s a good line these days. ... In fact, at all political demonstrations it is a required theme. If you don’t take that line you don’t look sufficiently progressive ... and it will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of looking insufficiently progressive.”
[I must add that I have no idea what the license on that page is, but the brief quotation from Péguy, having been written on the order of a century ago, is surely in the public domain by now, and would meet any reasonable "fair use" standard in any case.]
Craig again —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.229.51.161 (talk) 06:38, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
