W. H. Davies Quotes
However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
Davies, W. H. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp. A. C. Fifield, 1908.
Fiji had undergone a succession of coups and the unstable political situation and the ethnic strife had caused man of the educated young people to emigrate. This “brain drain” is common in many third world countries.
The Great Depression had worldwide reach. Just as Herbert Hoover and his followers felt that there was no role of the national government in dealing with the depression, Japan had a major faction that believed that the only thing to do was wait the economic cycle out. Hiranuma represented the more activist faction who saw the necessity of national government involvement.
William Henry Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life as a tramp or hobo, in the United Kingdom and United States, but still became one of the most popular poets of his time. The principal themes in his work are observations about life's hardships, the ways the human condition is reflected in nature, his tramping adventures, and the characters he met. Davies is usually classed as one of the Georgian Poets, although much of his work is not typical of the group in style or theme.
