[at-l] On Topic, for a Change---

[jplynch at crosslink.net (Jim Lynch)]

I would imagine that Emerson didn't mean it literally.  Today, he would 
no doubt write "Go instead where there is no path and leave no trail".

Leslie Booher wrote:
> I saw this in a catalog today, and I want to know what some of you think 
> of it. 
>  
> Do not follow where the path may lead.
> Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
>  
>                                                     Ralph Waldo Emerson
>  
> At first, I thought, oh that's neat.  Just as quick, I could see little 
> trails where people had cut through switchbacks, trails crisscrossing 
> everywhere like game trails, erosion, and I could see the admonitions 
> from on high warning us to "Stay on the Trail".  I know that this isn't 
> supposed to be taken literally by the general public, but how does it 
> strike you? 
>  
> anklebear
> 

James P. ('Jim') Lynch
jplynch@crosslink.net