(What the average man desires) " is this desirability of an active and imaginative life, picturesque and full of a poetical curiosity, a life such as western man at any rate always seems to have desired. If a man says that extinction is better than existence or blank existence better than variety and adventure, then he is not one of the ordinary people to whom I am talking. If a man prefers nothing I can give him nothing. But nearly all people I have ever met in this western society in which I live would agree to the general proposition that we need this life of practical romance; the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure. We need so to view the world as to combine an idea of wonder and an idea of welcome. We need to be happy in this wonderland without once being merely comfortable. It is THIS achievement of my creed that I shall chiefly pursue in these pages". G.K. Chesterton "The Everlasting Man"
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Jay, your blogs are really good. But you are posting them in the wrong place. I want more people to read them. You ought to consider using myspace to post them. More people will be directed to them. Anway, I enjoy reading your stuff man. You are an insightful guy. I know we would have had tons of fun working together. Maybe you can have me come speak to your football team next fall during camp! Love you man,
Joe
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