this evening, I met two former work colleagues in an Indian restaurant;
one of them was James Crossley's partner;
she gave me a copy of his 2018 book (see image and here);
James quotes Margaret Thatcher - "...abundance rather than poverty has a legitimacy which derives from the very nature of Creation.'" (pp. 11-12);
this Thatcherite exegesis would find favor with Poul Anderson's Master Merchant of the Polesotechnic League, Nicholas van Rijn.
It is very difficult for a Poul Anderson fan to avoid Andersonian allusions in other literature and discourse. Although James examines radically opposed interpretations of the Bible, I thought that Thatcher's linking of abundance (a word with different connotations) with Creation was particularly appropriate for the large, loud, wealthy and pious van Rijn.
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Kaor, Paul!
Interesting, this quote from the late Margaret Thatcher used by your friend James Crossley in his book. I have him in the back of my mind as a writer to look up.
I would have described Nicholas van Rijn as HUGE, rather than merely "large." Huge, exuberantly boisterous, fantastically wealthy, and surprisingly devout.
Sean
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