![]() ![]() ![]() Comparison of the complete work with Revolt in the Desert affords no good explanation for the author’s. He was frequently disgusted with the British and spoke of himself as an Arab and of them as foreigners, yet he longed to leave Arabia and return to England. Following his death in 1935, the full text of Seven Pillars of Wisdom was released. He had no use for women, yet perversion, which he condoned with sympathy in the Arabs, seems to have had no personal appeal to him. ![]() He craved the fame which he acquired, yet no one has taken the trouble to force upon himself a greater humility and at the same time a more public obscurity. His humor is frequently, if not usually, sadistic, yet cruelty in others revolted him. He shrank from pain, - he rather cryptically attributes this loathing to an evil experience in his youth, - while at the same time he punished his body more than most civilized men have done voluntarily. As Lawrence depicted himself, and we must believe that he did this honestly, he was a living embodiment of duality. Since he died prematurely, Lawrence as a person will always remain an enigma, unless those who knew him intimately choose to amplify the disclosures in his own writing. ![]()
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