<p>Without something to hate," said 19th century essayist William Hazlitt, “we should lose the very spring of thought and action.” Was Hazlitt insightful, prophetic, or just wrong? </p>
<p>this is for a local scholarship, any thoughts?</p>
<p>Well I would kind of build it around the fact that a lot of people focus on the negatives- it’s human nature I guess. Hating something is what can unite people for a cause, and without that thing to hate, why would people take action for anything? Just a couple random thoughts.</p>
<p>alright thanks!
any other ideas? Im thinking of including some personal examples, without sounding cliche. Any other thoughts?</p>
<p>bump?10char</p>
<p>All I can say is, I am glad I am not married to Mr Hazlitt</p>
<p>I’d probably focus on what makes hate different from love in terms of inspiring us to action. Could you substitute love in this sentence, and how would it change the meaning.</p>
<p>I’d look more at the type of thought or action inspired by hate vs. some of the other motivations. Yeah, you get lots of weapons and wars and destruction, but are you after quantity, or quality of thought and/or action?
Here’s the whole essay:
<a href=“http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Hazlitt/Hating.htm[/url]”>http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Hazlitt/Hating.htm</a>
Context is everything.</p>