tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1855614534621350142..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `We Begin to Know'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-10561964038701835262013-10-09T15:24:52.596-05:002013-10-09T15:24:52.596-05:00I think I like this post best out of yours that I ...I think I like this post best out of yours that I have read. I like the Thoreau quotes that you like, for the same reasons.<br /><br />But being an Englishman, I know little of John Brown except that his body lies a-mould'ring in the grave. I could imagine that his detractors would be strongest in the South; and that the fierce battle-lines of the Civil War created a similar divide about his memory or his legacy. So I wonder if there's a partisan bias to be acknowledged alongside your verdict.<br /><br />And when you speak of "Transcendentalist mumbo-jumbo" I'm not clear whether you mean that transcendentalism is <i>ipso facto</i> mumbo-jumbo, or perhaps that transcendentalism, though much to be admired in other ways, has the occasional unfortunate tendency to descend into mumbo-jumbo.<br /><br />I write not to dispute with you but in hopes of better understanding the viewpoint which underlies your judgment.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-62947426733996412932013-10-04T17:40:30.480-05:002013-10-04T17:40:30.480-05:00A very little time before Brown's raid, Thorea...A very little time before Brown's raid, Thoreau devoted a couple of pages to making fun of the Massachusetts militia muster. When the Civil War began, it was worth a great deal to Lincoln to have drilled and equipped regiments from Massachusetts on the way.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com