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Member: An_Fear_Glas

Library2,572 books — see library

Reviews9 reviews — see reviews

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Tagsnonfiction (2,457), *EL (2,270), will add tags later (1,815), reference (1,090), *collection (European studies) (480), history (European) (454), *collection (military studies) (399), images (military) (382), Osprey (380) — see all tags

GroupsAncient and Medieval Manuscripts, Ancient History, Catholic Tradition, Classical Music, Ebook, eReading, Evolve!, Happy Heathens, I heart metadata, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift — show all groups , Irish & Celtic Studies, Knights Templar, Libertarian and Market Liberals, Librarians who LibraryThing, LibraryThing in Irish, Medieval Europe, Metalsmithing and Jewelry, Nordica/Baltica, Norse sagas, Pagan Knowledge, Science!, Steampunk, The Scepter'd Isle, medieval history of England, 500 to 1500 AD, translators read too

Favorite authorsLouisa May Alcott, Marcus Aurelius, Jane Austen, Rachel Bromwich, Charlotte Bronte, Steven Brust, Orson Scott Card, Lewis Carroll, James E. Cathey, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Barry Cunliffe, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Richard Dawkins, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Umberto Eco, Patrick K. Ford, Patrick J. Geary, William Gibson, Stephen Jay Gould, Jacob Grimm, Vilhelm Peter Grønbech, Robert A. Heinlein, Goch Iolo, Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson, Simon (ed.) Keynes, Thomas Kinsella, Thomas S. Kuhn, H. P. Lovecraft, Ramsay MacMullen, J. P. Mallory, Kuno Meyer, Richard Morgan, John Julius Norwich, Alexandre Dumas père, Colin Renfrew, Kim Stanley Robinson, Edward Rutherfurd, William Shakespeare, Patrick Sims-Williams, Neal Stephenson, Snorri Sturluson, Taliesin, Aquinas, Saint Thomas, J.R.R. Tolkien, Herwig Wolfram (Shared favorites)

About me I have enjoyed this bit of old Irish advice for many years. It expresses one ideal set of traits that I like.

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"O Cormac, grandson of Conn", said Carbery, "What were your habits when you were a lad?"

"Not hard to tell", said Cormac.

I was a listener in woods
I was a gazer at stars
I was blind where secrets were concerned
I was silent in a wilderness
I was talkative among many
I was mild in the mead-hall
I was stern in battle
I was gentle towards allies
I was a physician of the sick
I was weak towards the feeble
I was strong towards the powerful
I was not close lest I should be burdensome
I was not arrogant though I was wise
I was not given to promising though I was strong
I was not venturesome though I was swift
I did not deride the old though I was young
I was not boastful though I was a good fighter
I would not speak about any one in his absence
I would not reproach, but I would praise
I would not ask, but I would give
For it is through these habits that the young become old and kingly warriors."

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-translator: Kuno Meyer
-source: Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta; RIA MS 23 P 12, 275 foll., dated to the 14th century C.E.
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About my library


Present status:

2007.December.10 - Updating with more texts as soon as the LT development team finishes adding two planned features to the site.

Tags for books are still rather few here. The vast majority of my collection only has placeholder tags to remind me to do it later... so browsing the collection by that method will not provide a lot of results. Searching by key words is more useful at the present time.

I will be adding more of my religion, history, and fiction books into the list next. Right now it looks oddly heavy with my military science and natural sciences collections.

I have been helping out with translating LibraryThing into other languages. If you want to do the same, go here:
http://www.librarything.com/translations...

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Member sinceMar 26, 2006