> From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >And America was not conceived of as a feudal state, feudalism being > >broadly defined as "rule by the super-rich." Rather, our nation was > >created in large part in reaction against centuries of European > >feudalism. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said in his lecture titled The Fortune > >of the Republic, delivered on December 1, 1863, "We began with freedom. > >America was opened after the feudal mischief was spent. No inquisitions > >here, no kings, no nobles, no dominant church." > > Of course I could go on to say that feudalism was an agreement between two > men in which one did service for the other in exchange for land, and has > nothing to do with rulership. But then, I don't think anyone really cares > about history anymore, or "getting it right"... :(
If in English all words had one meaning, we'd be speaking something akin to french. And we wouldn't need a thesaurus. Perhaps you should consider a paradigm shift. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
