The chief lament in my life is that I desire what I ought not desire. In my heart I truly want what is good for me, and yet there is something in me that is out to destroy me.
Barrett, i read something funny in "Orthodoxy" today and want to share it with you. it made me laugh out loud which i wasn't ashamed of and it goes like this (quoting G.K. Chesterton) "Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde." I knew you would understand and appreciate that. Keep up the good work.
that is very coincidental. dan read that to me on saturday after you left. we both had a good laugh. i do not know much (much=anything) about oscar wilde, but judging solely by what is said in the quote, i think that it might be misunderstood. i think that the quote has been taken to mean that oscar wilde said that 'sunsets are not valuable because we can not pay for them' when in fact i think that the text says that oscar wilde is saying that people do not value sunsets because they can not pay for them. the difference is textually slight but grammatically great. if he were saying 'valuable' then he would be giving his opinion about the value of sunsets and would clearly be wrong. however i think that judging by what is actually said that he is merely making a comment about the decadence of people in general. i told this to dan as well. i think he agreed with me.
first, i openly desired star trek, then i denied my desire for shame, then i showed forth my love, but now, realizing the wretched coherency of plot details and themes per episode, per season, and per series, i have no more desire for its miscompelling messages.
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I knew you would understand and appreciate that. Keep up the good work.
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