The strangeness of this quality must be contemplated directly, and in quantity, for its radical character to register at full force.
Donne, "Good Friday 1613, Riding Westward" A 401-year-old poem showing Donne at a crossroads in his life, in the year he took religious orders: he is riding away from Christ's crucifixion in the east at Easter, but argues that's fitting as it can't be contemplated directly.
For example, assembling fancy-dress flash mobs in Topshop to protest against corporate tax avoidance may seem frivolous, but this movement is daring to do what no union or political party has yet contemplated – directly challenging the banks and business owners who caused this crisis.
Perhaps if on the U.S. Memorial Day we contemplated more directly the causes for which our soldiers have fought and fallen, from the Revolutionary War, through the Civil War, all the way to our current War on Terror - maybe we would realize that while we have cause to celebrate, we also have reason still to mourn.
Furthermore, the second category "other directly responsible personnel," contemplates a much broader group of people that could potentially be anyone affiliated with the company that has some type of vaguely-defined "direct responsibility" over the company.
If you're far too shy to speak directly to him, contemplate the choice of sending him a letter.
Asked directly whether the company had contemplated bankruptcy, Mr. English said yes.
France is proposing some of the toughest sanctions ever contemplated against Iran, directly touching Iranian oil exports.
Was it the time Steve Garvey hit a foul ball directly to my mother, who contemplated what to do with her beer, only to drop it, and the ball, at the last second?
