[hinckley buzzard]

Shee-it. We had a messenger who looked like you. In fact, it was you. You didn't do shit, did you, jerkoff.

[supremedoctrine]

Beat me to it,Buzzard!
Sounds like the ineffectual Steele may be trolling
for a new job. Old wine in old bottles.

[supremedoctrine]

And spoken like a true disciple of the GREAT Ralph Waldo Emerson, which I also consider myself to be.
I have been thinking in recent years of possible analogies that could be drawn in American thought through the nineteenth and 20th centuries, starting with
the two main cutting edge philosophers of their period: Thoreau and Emerson. Analogies and parallels to representative thinkers aligning themselves with basic currents of thought as exemplified by those two. As I matured, I started to prefer Emerson, by a huge margin over Henry David.
BTW, I have been trying to track down a quote I am pretty sure was from Emerson for years.....something about “events being brass” , as distinguished from mere ideas,which start as some baser metal,or material, I think it was....do you know the quote?