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Don Quixote · 06-07-2005, 10:12 PM

I don't know whether to post this in the "GL related" or non-"GL-related" place in the forum.

In September, I'll be giving a speech at the college where I teach. It's for our opening ceremonies. I have to deliver the talk because I was given the college's excellence in teaching award. Please don't think that I'm boasting; I'm gratified that I won the award, but I know that many of my colleagues could have won as well. The thing is, I don't really give many speeches, and although I'm supposed to deliver an "intellectual" talk, I want to include at least a few verses by GL. I'll be quoting from Don Quijote (the original novel, in Spanish and English), as well as some of my favorite Spanish authors (Unamuno, Ortega, Salinas and others). What I'm looking for is what all of you think is the deepest verse(s) that GL wrote, and your interpretation. Not too hard a task, right? And, of course, it has to speak to my Ph.D. colleagues, the college's administration, and a bunch of incoming 18-year-old first year students. No problem, eh?

Thanks,
DQ

06-07-2005, 10:12 PM	#1
Don Quixote Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Springfield, MA 01109 Posts: 309	I don't know whether to post this in the "GL related" or non-"GL-related" place in the forum. In September, I'll be giving a speech at the college where I teach. It's for our opening ceremonies. I have to deliver the talk because I was given the college's excellence in teaching award. Please don't think that I'm boasting; I'm gratified that I won the award, but I know that many of my colleagues could have won as well. The thing is, I don't really give many speeches, and although I'm supposed to deliver an "intellectual" talk, I want to include at least a few verses by GL. I'll be quoting from Don Quijote (the original novel, in Spanish and English), as well as some of my favorite Spanish authors (Unamuno, Ortega, Salinas and others). What I'm looking for is what all of you think is the deepest verse(s) that GL wrote, and your interpretation. Not too hard a task, right? And, of course, it has to speak to my Ph.D. colleagues, the college's administration, and a bunch of incoming 18-year-old first year students. No problem, eh? Thanks, DQ