Has a fictional aristocrat as upright and honorable, as tender of heart and noble of spirit, as humble, forbearing, magnanimous, solicitous and totally ludicrous as the Earl of Grantham ever graced the screen?
In his book "Cultural Amnesia," James declares that "the future of the humanities as a common possession depends on the restoration of a simple, single ideal: getting poetry by heart". A noble sentiment.
Henry Pleasants wrote in "The Great Singers," "The insignificant, snub-nosed, plain, simply dressed, hesitant, unassuming, poor-little-me, pining for the northern homeland, pure of heart and noble of thought, was the greatest of her roles".
In this space, the Sweet Spot – or the one I'll admit to – is the storied tradition of Princeton's great athletes, knights in shining white uniforms with generous orange and black accents, who venture onto the holy field of battle with pure heart and noble demeanor to Dream the Impossible Dream and Right the Unrightable Wrong.
The light of his wit, his tender love, his noble heart, will live in our hearts.
"Now cracks a noble heart.
It never reached Cristóbal Balenciaga's noble heart.
"Now cracks a noble heart, Goodnight Sweet Prince".
All is forgiven, thanks to his "noble heart" and his encyclopaedic head.
"Now cracks a noble heart, goodnight sweet prince and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest".
