The Captain of the Huckleberry Party
Ralph Waldo Emerson said this at Henry David Thoreau's funeral.
"I so much regret the loss of his rare powers of action, that I cannot help counting it a fault in him that he had no ambition. Wanting this instead of engineering for all America, he was the captain of a huckleberry party. Pounding beans is good to the end of pounding empires one of these days; but if, at the end of years, it is still only beans!"
Since my last blog post was about Thoreau, and our (see: my) dependence on electricity and modern comforts, I thought I would post a video that I have posted before, but thought I would post it again. Because not only am I on a Thoreau kick, I am also on an Ed kick as well.
"I so much regret the loss of his rare powers of action, that I cannot help counting it a fault in him that he had no ambition. Wanting this instead of engineering for all America, he was the captain of a huckleberry party. Pounding beans is good to the end of pounding empires one of these days; but if, at the end of years, it is still only beans!"
Since my last blog post was about Thoreau, and our (see: my) dependence on electricity and modern comforts, I thought I would post a video that I have posted before, but thought I would post it again. Because not only am I on a Thoreau kick, I am also on an Ed kick as well.
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