"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
A true hero even for his simple times. Tolerance is something nearly totally lacking in this hi-jacked republic at this time. The media circus over a woman who clearly wrote she wanted to pass is evidence of this nonsense that is pervasive in our once free culture. -- daigu, sillycon valley
Shades of John F. Kennedy! And so it should ever be. -- John-Douglas, Nassau
A perennial favorite - eloquently expressed, with a broad base of applicability. -- Bumblebee, Boise, ID
From a man I admire so much...Thoreau understood life so well and this is just one instance where he shows it! -- Philip, Indianapolis, IN
