Just like MacKaye's era has no intrinsic relevance to the 21st century? By George, I think he got it ! > I'm talking about Shane's blithe dismissal of the movements of > "his [MacKaye's] time", for which Shane offered no explanation. > > The example of George Washington and the canals has no > intrinsic relevance to MacKaye's era, which was the 1920s. >