5.06.2014
alive to the extremities
...Thoreau's Journal: 06-May-1854
All that a man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind, is in some shape or other to tell the story of his love,—to sing; and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love. This alone is to be alive to the extremities. It is a pity that this divine creature should ever suffer from cold feet; a still greater pity that the coldness so often reaches to his heart. I look over the report of the doings of a scientific association and am surprised that there is so little life to be reported; I am put off with a parcel of dry technical terms. Anything living is easily and naturally expressed in popular language. I cannot help suspecting that the life of these learned professors has been almost as inhuman and wooden as a rain-gauge or self-registering magnetic machine. They communicate no fact which rises to the temperature of blood-heat. It doesn’t amount to one rhyme.
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Just hold on Henry... On the Origin of Species is a short five years away from its first publication!
Your writing to a simple but quality, I am interested in reading it. I try to visit you more often. Thank you my friend.
Great Post, I enjoyed the article.
the most beautiful feeling one can have is love! it is more powerful then fear! it is our life that gives us love and in our lives we can find such great passion,for people,nature,etc, living and loving says it all,if we could give more of it feel more of it! but society would look upon you as having a problem of sorts,we feel it!,oh how we feel it!,but express it "no"keep it inside? they will let us express so little,and only what they say!conformity!,i think ive said something wrong?.michael jameson oldantiqueguy@hotmail.com
"Je regarde les fleurs, j'écoute les oiseaux..." HD Thoreau had never been so true and essential.
Thanks
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