Poems – Emily Dickinson 1993

“This is my letter to the World

That never wrote to Me –

The simple News that Nature told –

With tender Majesty” (Dickinson, 1993, p.17).

 “Those fair – fictitious People –

The Women . plucked away

From our familiar Lifetime –

The Men of Ivory –

(…)

Esteeming us – as Exile –

Themselves – admitted Home –

Through easy Miracle of Death –

The Way ourself, must come -“ (Dickinson, 1993, p.36).

“Your thoughts don’t have words every day.” (Dickinson, 1993, p.40).

“I dwell in Possibility – “ (Dickinson, 1993, p.41).

“He found my Being – set it up –

Adjusted it to place –

Then carved his name – upon it –

And bade it to the East

Be faithful – in his absence –

And he would come again –

With Equipage of Amber –

That time – to take it Home –“ (Dickinson, 1993, p.44).

“I started Early – Took my Dog –

And visited the Sea –

The Mermaids in the Basement

Came out to look at me –

And Frigates – in the Upper Floor

Extended Hempen Hands –

Presuming Me to be a Mouse –

Aground – upon the Sands –

But no Man moved Me – till the Tide

Went past my simple Shoe –

And past my Apron – and my Belt

And past my Bodice – too –“ (Dickinson, 1993, p.45).

“To be alive – is Power –

Existence – in itself –

Without a further function –

Omnipotence – Enough –

To be alive – and Will!

‘Tis able as a God –

The Maker – of Ourselves – be what –

Such being Finitude!” (Dickinson, 1993, p.57).

“A little Snow was here and there

Disseminated in her Hair –

Since she and I had met and played

Decade had gathered to Decade –

But Time had added not obtained. “ (Dickinson, 1993, p.77).

“Itself is all the like it has –“ (Dickinson, 1993, p.170).

“Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me –“ (Dickinson, 1993, p.201).

“All but Death, can be Adjusted –

Dynasties repaired –

Systems – settled in their Sockets –

Citadels – dissolved –

Wastes of Lives – resown with Colors

By succeeding springs –

Death – unto itself – Exception

Is exempt from Change –“ (Dickinson, 1993, p.208).

“Some, too fragile for winter winds

The thoughtful grave encloses –

Tenderly tucking them in frost

Before their feet are cold.” (Dickinson, 1993, p.222).

“I made my soul familiar – with her extremity –

That at the last, it should not be a novel Agony –

But she, and Death, acquainted –

Meet tranquilly, as friends –

Salute, and pass, without a Hint –

And there, the Matter ends – “ (Dickinson, 1993, p.224).

“It is an honorable Thought

And makes One lift One’s Hat

As one met sudden Gentlefolk

Upon a daily Street

That We’ve immortal Place

Though Pyramids decay

And Kingdoms, like the Orchard

Flit Russetly away.” (Dickinson, 1993, p.234).

“If my Bark sink

‘Tis to another sea –

Mortality’s Ground Floor

Is Immortality –“ (Dickinson, 1993, p.235).

“This World is not Conclusion.” (Dickinson, 1993, p.236).

“He scanned it – staggered –

Dropped the Loop

To Past or Period –

Caught helpless at a sense as if

His Mind were going blind –

Groped up to see if God was there –

Groped backward at Himself

Caressed a Trigger absently

And wandered out of Life.” (Dickinson, 1993, p.237).

“Parting is all we know of heaven,

And all we need of hell.” (Dickinson, 1993, p.241).

“Forever – is composed of Nows –

‘Tis not a different time – “ (Dickinson, 1993, p.242).

“Exultation is the going

Of an inland soul to sea,

Past the houses – past the headlands –

Into deep Eternity –

Bred as we, among the mountains,

Can the sailor understand

The divine intoxication

Of the first league out from land?” (Dickinson, 1993, p.245).

“Behind Me – dips Eternity –

Before Me – Immortality –

Myself – the Term between –

Death but the Drift of Eastern Gray,

Dissolving into Dawn away,

Before the West begin –

(…)

‘Tis Miracle before Me – then –

‘Tis Miracle behind – between –

A Crescent in the Sea – “ (Dickinson, 1993, p.247).

The merchant of Venice – Shakespeare 1994

I am not sure I get this play.

There is a tension as Shylock is asked to place mercy above justice, just so they condemn him, without mercy.

“Duke of Venice:

How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none?

Shylock:

What judgement shall I dread, doing no wrong?

You have among you many a purchased slave,

Which like your asses and your dogs and mules.

You use in abject and in slavish parts.

Because you bought them: -  shall I say to you,

Let them be free, marry them to your heirs?” (Shakespeare, 1994, p.407).

“Portia:

The quality of mercy is not strain’d –

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest, -

It blesseth him that gives , and him that takes:

(…)

That in the course of justice, none of us

Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;

And that same prayer doth teach us all to render

The deeds of mercy.” (Shakespeare, 1994, p.409).

The McKinsey Way – Ethan M. Rasiel 1999

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A very simple and good reminder on how to go about solving problems.

“Facts are friendly” (Rasiel, 1999, p.4). “First, facts compensate for a lack of gut instinct,” (Rasiel, 1999, p.4). “Second, facts bridge the credibility gap.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.5).

 “MECE (pronounced “me-see”) stands for “mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive” and it is a sine qua non of the problem-solving process at McKinsey.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.6).

Defining the initial hypothesis:“The essence of the initial hypothesis is “Figure out the solution to the problem before you start.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.9). “To structure your IH begin by breaking the problem into its components – the key drivers. (….) Next make an actionable recommendation regarding each driver.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.10).

 “The end product of this exercise is what McKinsey calls the issue tree. In other words, you start with your initial hypothesis and branch out at each issue.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.12).

“Don’t make the facts fit your solution.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.21). “How does the new information fit into your initial hypothesis? If it doesn’t, how might it change that hypothesis?” (Rasiel, 1999, p.23).

“Some problems you just can’t solve … solve them anyway.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.26).

“One final word about charts: Too many will bore your audience. Use the absolute minimum necessary to make your point.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.116).

“Never underestimate the value of a random fact.” (Rasiel, 1999, p.121).