Private Message to Professor Sinistra
Mar. 22nd, 2013 01:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_linusDear Professor Sinistra,
I have begun the research project we discussed. Our Madame Headmistress is indeed a most pertinent subject. By studying the character of those who lead us, we can inform and inspire ourselves to do whatever needs to be done.
Also, as the saying goes, "Listening carefully to the teacher, one acquires an education."
Madam Pince did indeed have the relevant journals -- it is remarkable how many industry publications have been spawned by the various Ministries -- and I was fortunate enough to find no fewer than fifteen articles praising Madam Headmistress for her achievements in reorganising, streamlining or expanding (or, according to one rather fulsome article, apparently both at once) the various departments over which she has held temporary or permanent command. I am reminded of a line from Byron: "The stern exaltedness of zeal."
There is no shortage of persons singing her praises in print. Any celebration of her achievements we put together will include the names of quite a number of mid-level Ministry personnel. Few of them are underlings; her support comes most solidly from those who have worked with her at one or more remove, so to speak. One hop over in the organisation chart, as it were, or diagonally upward. (There are also some quite notable tributes organised to celebrate her leaving various positions.)
Appreciations have been given her by various organisations concerned with social betterment, the upholding of morale and morals, and loyalty. I also found articles on various appreciations from the enclave where she lived while she was working with the Ministry.
At the Ministry, she did get an award for coming up with the most new awards, one year.
I'll continue, and see what other inspirational facts can be gleaned. Thank you, as always, for supervising my detentions. I understand that the work you have me doing is meant to improve me and, by extension, all of us.
Yours in service,
Sincerely,
Linus Moon
I have begun the research project we discussed. Our Madame Headmistress is indeed a most pertinent subject. By studying the character of those who lead us, we can inform and inspire ourselves to do whatever needs to be done.
Also, as the saying goes, "Listening carefully to the teacher, one acquires an education."
Madam Pince did indeed have the relevant journals -- it is remarkable how many industry publications have been spawned by the various Ministries -- and I was fortunate enough to find no fewer than fifteen articles praising Madam Headmistress for her achievements in reorganising, streamlining or expanding (or, according to one rather fulsome article, apparently both at once) the various departments over which she has held temporary or permanent command. I am reminded of a line from Byron: "The stern exaltedness of zeal."
There is no shortage of persons singing her praises in print. Any celebration of her achievements we put together will include the names of quite a number of mid-level Ministry personnel. Few of them are underlings; her support comes most solidly from those who have worked with her at one or more remove, so to speak. One hop over in the organisation chart, as it were, or diagonally upward. (There are also some quite notable tributes organised to celebrate her leaving various positions.)
Appreciations have been given her by various organisations concerned with social betterment, the upholding of morale and morals, and loyalty. I also found articles on various appreciations from the enclave where she lived while she was working with the Ministry.
At the Ministry, she did get an award for coming up with the most new awards, one year.
I'll continue, and see what other inspirational facts can be gleaned. Thank you, as always, for supervising my detentions. I understand that the work you have me doing is meant to improve me and, by extension, all of us.
Yours in service,
Sincerely,
Linus Moon
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on 2013-03-22 06:55 pm (UTC)You've made remarkably good headway. Impressively so. (Don't you dare neglect your other work, mind. We talked about that.) I should have some more material for you Sunday evening if you want to stop up. (My supply lines, they are reliable.)
What you've found matches up rather tidily with what my parents have said - cautiously and carefully. (Speaking of, you have clearly been listening to Tosha's guidance on the topic of appropriate phrasing: I will be sure to tell him so. If the Headmistress ever tries to make you read a PM from you to me, please do alert me immediately, but it is not a most urgent worry at the moment. I think.)
I'm almost as curious about the people who did not seem to care for her - though naturally, that may be harder to find in any actual print source. I trust that your skills in see what's between the lines will also get a thorough exercise?
I've a few more articles ready for you for the astronomy project, but that can wait until you've time. (And I've been collecting some you can take off during hols in case you want an escape from your family's final planning. Of course you needn't work on them unless you wish. I will, of course, see you there, and very glad to be, given I like both your sister and Ptolemy and wish them much happiness.)
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on 2013-03-23 03:55 am (UTC)I am most relieved that you consider it unlikely that I would be forced to read any Private Messages to you, but as you say, Professor Dolohov's instruction on appropriate phrasing is being thoroughly impressed upon me, and therefore I shall keep initial messages in a suitable tone for possible disclosure to Certain Pink Personages.
(Forgive me; I think the excitement of the Revue may have gone to my head. Splendid cast party, too.)
I do hope to smoke out some names of those who have reason not to support Madam You-Know-Who by means of some carefully applied study, and I shall report as it goes. The professional journals have at least some records of how many (if not who precisely) lost their positions after Madam Pinkness gained hers, and it is possible that there are potential allies that could be unearthed with a bit of work -- or at least people with less flattering remembrances and more reason to disclose possible weak points. It's worth a try.
I say, it's actually rather exciting to attempt to figure all this out.no subject
on 2013-03-23 04:12 pm (UTC)I trust you'd tell me if there was anything that the staff should actually take action on, and that you won't tell me anything that I'd have to act on, but that would do more harm than good to bring to official notice.
That said, the aftermath can be a little distressing, and I do have a few tips on managing that if you want to stop up when you get back. (Your excuse for the day is that I dug up more journal articles related to your ongoing detention - actually true, though there's no hurry about it.)
On the rest: the bits I should get from Sigrun tomorrow are the older pieces. I'm hoping - well, so is she - that there's something in her earlier years that might give us some ideas. Before she got better walking the fine lines she's clearly been doing (between people who honestly approve of her, and people who dislike her, but not enough to actually remove her or stop her.)
We can hope, anyway.