tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post2518143451869380317..comments2024-03-29T06:26:33.285-07:00Comments on Through These Woods: Happy Birthday, Ralph Waldo and Rachel!Dan Trabuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-35453956707216423502006-06-02T21:16:00.000-07:002006-06-02T21:16:00.000-07:00d.daddio--Wow--1904. That's very cool. Nice ...d.daddio--Wow--1904. That's very cool. <br><br>Nice quotes, Dan. I haven't read Twain since I was a kid.lenéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10018280698586741856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-45880608341714443762006-06-02T07:14:00.000-07:002006-06-02T07:14:00.000-07:00Daddio, you like old books AND Mark Twain?! More c...Daddio, you like old books AND Mark Twain?! More commonalities!<br><br>Okay, so if you didn't like my Carson and Emerson quotes (for reasons you still haven't explained), then how's about some Twain quotes?<br><br><i>It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble.<br><br>Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.<br><br>His ignorance covered the whole earth like a blanket, and there was hardly a hole in it anywhere.<br><br>Who are the oppressors? The few: the king, the capitalist and a handful of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed? The many: the nations of the earth; the valuable personages; the workers; they that make the bread that the soft-handed and idle eat.</i><br><br>And finally, this whopper!<br><br><i><br>But it was impossible to save the Great Republic. She was rotten to the heart. Lust of conquest had long ago done its work; trampling upon the helpless abroad had taught her, by a natural process, to endure with apathy the like at home; multitudes who had applauded the crushing of other people's liberties, lived to suffer for their mistake in their own persons. The government was irrevocably in the hands of the prodigiously rich and their hangers-on; the suffrage was become a mere machine, which they used as they chose. There was no principle but commercialism, no patriotism but of the pocket.<br></i>Dan Trabuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-67563066049945873442006-06-02T06:48:00.000-07:002006-06-02T06:48:00.000-07:00After I had posted the last comment, I got the cop...After I had posted the last comment, I got the copy out, blew the dust off of it, and opened the cover to find that I had been mistaken on the date of the printing. It is actually an original 1904 printing.<br><br>1910 came from one of my Mark Twains.<br><br>Sorry.D.Daddio Al-Ozarkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034820391347139672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-17586445810463327722006-06-01T21:10:00.000-07:002006-06-01T21:10:00.000-07:00I was given the book as a parting-gift from some v...I was given the book as a parting-gift from some very good British friends when I left the UK. They went to a lot of trouble to find it--an original 1910 printing. I treasure it for that rather than its content.<br><br>I read the book as a 21 year-old. Your perception is right on, lene'.D.Daddio Al-Ozarkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034820391347139672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-32851411137675833632006-06-01T19:52:00.000-07:002006-06-01T19:52:00.000-07:00D. Daddio, I haven't heard of Ralph Waldo Trin...D. Daddio, I haven't heard of Ralph Waldo Trine. I just did a quick websearch and read that he was inspired by Emerson, but the quote they posted with his brief bio didn't resonate with me the way Emerson's work does. <br><br>It really sounded like the self-help material that can lead to some dangerous emotional situations, especially when offered to people with cancer. I included one such quote of Trine's that I found below. <br><br>Because I haven't read his work, this quote may be taken out of context and my response may be totally inappropriate. For now, though, it brings me to reflect on Susan Sontag's book, Illness as Metaphor, which so gracefully articulates the danger in some of this "responsibility for our own destiny" thinking (...within yourself lies the cause of whatever enters your life...):<br><br>"The moment we fully and vitally realise who and what we are, <br>we then begin to build our own World even as God builds his." <br>"Within yourself lies the cause of whatever enters into your life. <br>To come into the full realization of your own awakened interior <br>powers is to be able to condition your life in exact accord with <br>what you would have it" <br>(from: "In Tune with the Infinite")lenéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10018280698586741856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-14621849831094578362006-06-01T19:21:00.000-07:002006-06-01T19:21:00.000-07:00Have you ever heard of Ralph Waldo Trine?His book,...Have you ever heard of Ralph Waldo Trine?<br><br>His book, "In Tune with the Infinite"?D.Daddio Al-Ozarkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034820391347139672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-39875026584396786742006-06-01T18:09:00.000-07:002006-06-01T18:09:00.000-07:00And may the paddle be with you too. :0)And may the paddle be with you too. :0)lenéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10018280698586741856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-15005620972020692862006-06-01T11:10:00.000-07:002006-06-01T11:10:00.000-07:00THANK you, Miss Lene. You are reasonable and wise ...THANK you, Miss Lene. You are reasonable and wise beyond your years. May you be blessed with smooth waters and strong oars.Dan Trabuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-60917252664369969802006-06-01T06:05:00.000-07:002006-06-01T06:05:00.000-07:00I think they're way cool too, Dan. :)I think they're way cool too, Dan. :)lenéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10018280698586741856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-58616849885290847682006-05-31T15:23:00.000-07:002006-05-31T15:23:00.000-07:00You disagree with:"Commerce is of trivial imp...You disagree with:<br>"Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred."?<br><br>Or with:<br>"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."?<br><br>You don't find this challenging:<br>"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."?<br><br>Which ones are self-serving? You don't think each of these thoughts aren't echoed in the Bible?<br><br>I think they're way cool and inspiring, you are free to think as you wish.Dan Trabuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-75078529018713991562006-05-31T15:09:00.000-07:002006-05-31T15:09:00.000-07:00Self-serving words of man, Dan. Humanism is the au...Self-serving words of man, Dan. Humanism is the aura.D.Daddio Al-Ozarkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034820391347139672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-33246566966219857502006-05-31T07:27:00.000-07:002006-05-31T07:27:00.000-07:00Yes, daddio. And powerful, intriguing words of God...Yes, daddio. And powerful, intriguing words of God, they are. You like?Dan Trabuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-76640681129867500972006-05-31T06:18:00.000-07:002006-05-31T06:18:00.000-07:00Our "scripture" for the week, Dan?Our "scripture" for the week, Dan?D.Daddio Al-Ozarkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034820391347139672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-46574682949980884822006-05-30T09:36:00.000-07:002006-05-30T09:36:00.000-07:00Thank you both for stopping by.Thank you both for stopping by.Dan Trabuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-20402790228305903982006-05-30T08:54:00.000-07:002006-05-30T08:54:00.000-07:00I must have missed this post earlier; thanks for t...I must have missed this post earlier; thanks for the good quotes! I've really been getting into Emerson lately.Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16800662228007527995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923725288901074422.post-43724819384136872202006-05-28T20:20:00.000-07:002006-05-28T20:20:00.000-07:00Two of my favorite writers--and I never thought ab...Two of my favorite writers--and I never thought about their birthdays before you posted over at whorled leaves. Thanks for the heads up and the great quotes. Hope you're having a good weekend. :)lenéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10018280698586741856noreply@blogger.com