[rollei_list] Re: OT: Emerson on Off Topic Discussions
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:03:23 -0500
Emerson's politics were also worth examining:
http://www.panarchy.org/emerson/politics.1844.html
Eric Goldstein
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On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Elias_Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was reading this essay this morning, and on my lunch break, and I thought
> of this list.
>
> 'Tis not a compliment but a disparagement to consult a man only on horses,
> or on steam, or on theatres, or on eating, or on books, [or on Rolleiflex
> Cameras,] and, whenever he appears, considerately to turn the conversation
> to the bantling he is known to fondle. In the Norse heaven of our
> forefathers, Thor's house had five hundred and forty floors; and man's house
> has five hundred and forty floors. His excellence is facility of adaptation
> and of transition through many related points, to wide contrasts and
> extremes. Culture kills his exaggeration, his conceit of his village or his
> city. We must leave our pets at home, when we go into the street, and meet
> men on broad grounds of good meaning and good sense. No performance is worth
> loss of geniality. Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
> Elias
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