"The state in which we find ourselves is far from hopeless. We have the material, and above all the human resources, to change our methods and to win. It is not the fault of the government or its leaders or any political party that we have acted as we have. It is the temper of the whole nation. If knowledge of the problem becomes widespread,and if the enthusiasm of the people can be aroused, then we can succeed. . .
"We have been offering the Asian nations the wrong kind of help. We have so lost sight of our own past that we are trying to sell guns and money alone, instead of remembering that it was the quest for the dignity of freedom that was responsible for our own way of life.
All over Asia we have found that the basic American ethic is revered and honored and imitated when possible. We must, while helping Asia toward self-sufficiency, show by example that America is still the America of freedom and hope and knowledge of law. If we succeed, we cannot lose the struggle."
Come in. Stay a while. Read a book. The Neat Little Bookshop.
The Ugly American, 1958, Wm. J. Lederer & E. Burdick
Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Editor's Note: We hope that our online blog is like a pleasurable visit to the bookshop. Every day we meet and chat with fascinating people.
As you can imagine, people and books lead to topics of conversation that we can never predict. Or, if you like anonymity, this is your "quiet corner."
Come in. Stay a while. Read a book.
As you can imagine, people and books lead to topics of conversation that we can never predict. Or, if you like anonymity, this is your "quiet corner."
Come in. Stay a while. Read a book.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thought for Today:
Is there anyone who has not at one time or another felt like Winnie-the-Pooh?
"When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things,
you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it."
The House At Pooh Corner (1928) ch.VI,, A. A. Milne (1882 - 1956) English writer for children.
Is there anyone who has not at one time or another felt like Winnie-the-Pooh?
"When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things,
you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it."
The House At Pooh Corner (1928) ch.VI,, A. A. Milne (1882 - 1956) English writer for children.
Your Smile for Today ~
Christopher Robin had spent the morning indoors going to Africa and back, and he had just got off the boat and was wondering what it was like outside, when who should come knocking at the door but Eeyore.
"Hallo, Eeyore," said Christopher Robin, as he opened the door and came out. "How are you?"
"It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily.
"So it is."
"And freezing."
"Is it?"
"Yes" said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately."
The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1928.
Christopher Robin had spent the morning indoors going to Africa and back, and he had just got off the boat and was wondering what it was like outside, when who should come knocking at the door but Eeyore.
"Hallo, Eeyore," said Christopher Robin, as he opened the door and came out. "How are you?"
"It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily.
"So it is."
"And freezing."
"Is it?"
"Yes" said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately."
The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1928.
English Author (January 18, 1882 - January 31, 1956)
Monday, January 24, 2011
Readers of a National Magazine* were invited to send in articles that they would like to see in their favorite periodical. The editor specified, "literature that endures ~ those things that touch and pulsate with the best and noblest emotions and sentiment."
"It may be in that old school book in the attic," the announcement read. "It may be between the leaves of the family Bible; it may be in mother's scrap-book, yellow with age and hallowed by sacred memories."
The editor offered cash prizes totalling over $10,000. "Send me a clipping, a story, an anecdote, or a selection that has touched your heart~ those things that make us all kin; those things that endure ~ the classics of our own lives."
The announcement went on to say, "Heart throbs ~ yes, heart throbs of happiness, heart throbs of courage, heart throbs that make us feel better. Those things that appeal to you must appeal to others."
"Let us make a magazine that will speak the language of the heart as well as of the mind."
The articles poured in, along with touching cover-letters. Over 50,000 people responded. Award money was distributed and as a consequence of the "great apparent value of this unique collection, and a very large number of requests for their publication, the Heart Throbs were offered in a 480 page hardcover in 1905, Grosset & Dunlap. Chapple Publishing Company, Limited.
*National Magazine, Boston, Mass., 1904 - 1905. Editor: Joe Chapple.
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