[at-l] Semi OT - Shakespeare

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 10:07 AM 8/29/2003 -0400, Snodrog5@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/29/03 8:20:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>jbullar1@twcny.rr.com writes:
>
>
>>My spin on it is, since mankind hasn't ever evolved to the point of 
>>concerting an effort towards an inclusive MacKaye-type nature 
>>preservation ethic, that indeed such preservation activities are true 
>>"progress" in its purest form.
>
>
>Thank Goodness those actually involved in building the AT "evolved" 
>quickly past MacKaye's misconceptions, silly notions, and pipe-dream 
>plans. Calling MacKaye's plans for hotels, work camps, lumber mills, 
>lumbering operations, huge farms, population relocation, and urban 
>expansion into the mountains "progress" certainly *is* putting a "spin" on 
>them.
>MacKaye acknowledged that the Appalachian Trail that was built wasn't the 
>one he proposed, and he said more than once that he was pleased with the 
>result.
>"It is a wise father that knows his own child."
>--William Shakespeare

FWIW - I didn't write the part you credit me with. I agree with your 
response though.
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