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Steve Parkes | Happy! – Dec 30 (Kipling born 30 Dec 1865) (18) | RE: Happy! – Dec 30 (Kipling born 30 Dec 1865) | 18 Nov 10 |
You have to judge people against the standards of their time, not ours; not always easy. RK was ahead of his in some ways. He believed there are some qualities that transcend differences of race and class -- think of The Ballad of East & West, Gunga Din -- but he also believed some races to be superior to others. But in those days most people would have ben what we call racists. |