“The Beginnings” by Rudyard Kipling (When the English began to hate)
If you’ve never read the poem “The Beginnings” by Rudyard Kipling, I think it’s worth considering in our present moment. Wikipedia describes it this way: “The Beginnings” is a 1917 poem by the English writer Rudyard Kipling. The poem is about how the English people, although naturally peaceful, slowly become filled with a hate which will …



