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=> Thoreau, Walden and Assyrians

Thoreau, Walden and Assyrians
Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Monday, March 23 2009, 20:25:04 (CET)
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I like Henry David...I like his “Walden Pond”. He was a gentle soul, a fine poet of life and living. It’s worth it to quote his most memorable lines...

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

In Henry’s day the drummers were all males...the one drum beat he didn’t hear came from women....but he gave us more than enough.

I was even more impressed when I read a reference to Assyrians that did NOT condemn them for their supposed savagery or even mention it and the usual things we hear from bibles and other fools....nope, didn’t even mention it. It figures only the religious fanatic would zero in on the ancient Assyrians ability to guard and defend their civilization and turn that into “brutality”. Especially considering they are Christian fanatics and usually of a European kind....people known for their brutality right up to the present.

In speaking of the vanished accomplishments of the ancients he says...

“The learned societies of great men of Assyria...where are they”?

I would say they are gone....no matter what genetic material remains...the great ones are gone. But their achievements and gifts are everywhere around us...even on the shores of Walden Pond.

But, how refreshing that he uses words such as “great men” and “learned societies” in reference to Assyria. Verily, a great man.



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