LET ME BE PLAIN with you, dear reader. I am an old-fashioned man. - TopicsExpress



          

LET ME BE PLAIN with you, dear reader. I am an old-fashioned man. I like the world of nature despite its mortal dangers. I like the domestic world of humans, so long as it pays its debts to the natural world, and keeps its bounds. I like the promise of Heaven. My purpose is a language that can repay just thanks and honor for those gifts, a tongue set free from fashionable lies. Neither this world nor any of its places is an “environment.” And a house for sale is not a “home.” Economics is not “science,” nor “information” knowledge. A knave with a degree is a knave. A fool in a public office is not a “leader.” A rich thief is a thief. And the ghost of Arthur Moore, who taught me Chaucer, returns in the night to say again: “Let me tell you something, boy. An intellectual whore is a whore.” The world is babbled to pieces after the divorce of things from their names. Ceaseless preparation for war is not peace. Health is not procured by sale of medication, or purity by the addition of poison. Science at the bidding of the corporations is knowledge reduced to merchandise; WENDELL BERRY
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:32:43 +0000

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