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To: 45Auto
His work will not be forgotten. A hundred years from now, Thompson may be seen as the Thoreau of the late 20th century.

So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower, we may not be reminded how inconsistent your deeds are with it; for all odor is but one form of advertisement of a moral quality, and if fair actions had not been performed, the lily would not smell sweet. The foul slime stands for the sloth and vice of man, the decay of humanity; the fragrant flower that springs from it, for the purity and courage which are immortal. -- Henry David Thoreau

31 posted on 02/22/2005 1:33:28 PM PST by GRANGER (Earth First -- We'll log the other planets later.)
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To: GRANGER
His work will not be forgotten.

For some reason, I whipped out a Richard Brautigan book last night and read parts of Trout Fishing in America and In Watermelon Sugar. Another beat/druggie writer who committed suicide.

37 posted on 02/22/2005 1:44:32 PM PST by NutCrackerBoy
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