John, The promise of betterment existing someplace is very foolish.
Marsha On Jan 6, 2010, at 1:11 PM, John Carl wrote: > Marsha, > > I have to go work, but I'll sit down tonite and let my fingers fly over the > passages promised. > > In the meantime, to whet your appetite... > > "in New England, if you are moody, you may wish to take a long walk out of > doors, but that is not possible at or even at most seasons. Nature may not > be permitted to comfort you. In California, unless you are afraid of the > rain, nature welcomes you at almost any time. The union of the man and the > visible universe is free, is entirely unchecked by any hostility on the part > of nature, and is such as easily fills one's mind with wealth of warm > experience. > > > Now I must feel that such tendencies are of vast importance, not merely > today, but for all time. They are tendencies whose moral significance in > the life of California is of course both good and evil, since man's > relations with nature are, in general, a neutral material upon which ethical > relations may be based. If you are industrious, this intimacy with nature > mean constant cooperation, a cooperation never interrupted by frozen ground > and deep snow. If you tend to idleness, nature's kindliness may make you > all more indolent, and indolence is a possible enough vice with the dwellers > of all mild climates. If you are morally careless, nature encourages your > freedom." > > > Mea Culpa, > > John > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:12 PM, John Carl wrote: >> >>> I'm reading Royce's history of California right now and boy does he have >>> some interesting insight into the way an environment forms the individual >>> and society. Reading his description of the attitude you get from living >> in >>> a place that isn't trying to kill you half the year is quite amazing. >> His >>> description fits me to a "T", and his contrast with the New England >>> Individualist and the California individualist made for some fascinating >>> reading that I'm itching to share with Marsha. >>> >>> Lessee, it's gonna be 62 degrees today, I hope the rest of y'all are >> keeping >>> warm where you're at. >> >> >> Hi John, >> >> I'm interested. >> >> >> Marsha >> >> p.s. The high temperature here today was 24-degrees. >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ _______________________________________________________________________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
