Wow. You would have ridiculed the tremendous intellect of a Davy Crockett and his letters/writing and biography, which are riddled with misspellings and grammatical errors, although containing so much wisdom about Life and Freedom.
I think you have to go back to the “Content” theme of MLK, Jr.—not the superficial “look” of something. I do agree that “marketing of ideas” has taken a sleek/seductive, superficial turn, in our vulgar, effete, tyrannical culture, where”perceptions” eject Reason and Truth to emote “feelings” only). (But for a FReeper??? Really???)
True education and wisdom come from living off the land and being self-directed not controlled 24/7 by an irrational, artificial system of indoctrination. Living and working within the natural environment within the natural family supplies wisdom and learning sufficient for real life human-interaction skills and self-reliance that modern books can warp.
Yes. “Education” (self-directed) on top of rugged individualism like Lincoln’s, can refine a mind-—but without that “unschooled” childhood, there would be NO “mind” to refine.
So very beautifully stated, and I agree with your post in its entirety. I also admit my error in citing Daniel Boone when I had Davey Crockett in mind. Both were wonderful people and furthered the American spirit, but Crockett was the Congressman and also the one who was killed at the Alamo, defending freedom. Boone walked west when he was 80 and spent the winter in Yellowstone trapping, then walked home in the spring. Quite a man for his age, and for the ages.