[Vision2020] And The Beat Goes On!

[g. crabtree]

Not to put too fine a point on things but, Kipling was born in Bombay and was a citizen of the British Empire. Not one of "our great authors." That said I do agree that much of his work was outstanding. If a young man has not been given at a minimum The Jungle Book and Kim to read by the time he's twelve his education and recreation is not being properly overseen.

g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: <heirdoug at netscape.net>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And The Beat Goes On!


> "No-Clue" Farris (who never served a day in uniform), in his immature
> attempt at sarcasm, stated:
> 
> "Speaking of 18 year olds and their boxing experience. I hope Kenyon is 
> doing well from his exposure to the manly art of pugilism!"
> 
> J's son Kenyon is currently in training at Fort Benning, Georgia (the Army's
> Infantry Training Center).  Kenyon's sense of duty, honor, and commitment
> forced him to volunteer, pretty much knowing where his first duty assignment
> is going to place him.  Kenyon, though half Farris' age, has exhibited and
> continues to demonstrate ten times the maturity, responsibility, and
> accountability associated with Farris.
> 
> In my humble opinion Kenyon exemplifies what Farris so desperately lacks and
> what was illustrated by definition in a poem by one of our great authors:
> 
> "If all men count with you, but none too much;
> If you can fill the unforgiving minute
> With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
> Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
> And - which is more - you'll be a man, my son!"
> 
> May Kenyon return whole and wiser.
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
> and steady dedication of a lifetime." 
> 
> --Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
> 
> 
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