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The moral drawn from the fable by Babrius was that "Brotherly love is the greatest good in life and often lifts the humble higher". In his emblem book Hecatomgraphie (1540), Gilles Corrozet reflected on it that if there can be friendship among strangers, it is even more of a necessity among family members. [4]
Newman Haynes Clanton (c. 1816 – August 13, 1881), also known as "Old Man" Clanton, was a cattle rancher and father of four sons, one of whom was killed during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Two of his sons were involved in multiple conflicts in Cochise County, Arizona Territory including stagecoach
When he makes to sacrifice his son, an angel calls from heaven, and tells Abram not to harm Isaac. Instead, he must offer the "Ram of Pride". Then the last two lines of the poem diverge from the Biblical account, set apart for greater effect: "But the old man would not so, but slew his son, / and half the seed of Europe, one by one." [2]
Other tales of this type vary on the exact offense that the grandson declares he will commit and the son thereafter refrains from: making his father sleep under half a blanket in the stables, bringing back the carrier so he can carry his father to abandon him, or commit murder. [4] In medieval Europe, the son was commonly sent for a blanket and ...
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The Old Man (Старик), a 1915 play by Maxim Gorky; The Old Man (Wallace play), a 1931 play by Edgar Wallace "Old Man", a poem by Edward Thomas "Old Man", a narrative thread in William Faulkner's 1939 novel If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem
Old Man Minick" is a short story by American author Edna Ferber first published in 1922. It was adapted into Minick , a Broadway play staged in 1924, as well as the 1925 silent film Welcome Home , the 1932 film The Expert , and the 1939 film No Place to Go .
A Ballad Intituled, The Old Mans Complaint against his / Wretched Son, who to Advance his Marriage, did undo himself" is a broadside ballad about an aged father’s plaintive account of the suffering he endured under his son and daughter-in-law. The publication date for this ballad is not definitive.