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The Political Case Study of Matilda
Hilaire Belloc, the Anglo-French writer of the last century, wrote about the particular relationship the concept of hurt has with its public recognition. He wrote about the shadow that necessarily falls between the experience of hurt and the act of its acknowledgment by others. His poem Matilda Who Told Lies, And Was Burned To Death was apparently a cautionary tale meant for children but he laid within it an utterly adult political equation. This equation...