> Hey all,
>
> I just got married yesterday, and we're going on our
> honeymoon for a week, so I'm going no-mail.
>
> As a slight response to the VERY interesting topic I've
> had absolutely no time to read through or respond to,
> I've always believed it's extremely important for one's
> work to carry on. Every time I read a book from fifty,
> a hundred, or three hundred years ago, it's a significant
> experience. You not only get a story or set of ideas that
> you may not have encountered before, you get a glimpse
> into what a person's life was like at a particular time and
> place. Nikolai Gogol had no idea how much I'd dig Dead
> Souls, and he has no idea how sad I'd be if he'd burned
> the whole thing up like he almost did. One can never
> predict the impact one's work will or won't have on
> someone far down the line. Though I'm not religious,
> by any means, I personally believe that if one's work is
> supposed to do some good, it will, provide you put it
> somewhere where someone will be able to find it and
> access it. If it's important enough, it will find a way.
> I think the web and everything else we've got going
> is bring us closer to a time where nothing will be lost,
> unless something truly catastrophic happens. And if
> it does, so what? You can't do anything about it. But
> if something you wrote or created can make one
> person's life in the whole history of human existence
> a little brighter, I say it's worthwhile.
>
> Take care guys. I'll look forward to reading the archives
> when I get back.
>
> -David
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> "A male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a."
> "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn."
>
> -Jim Morrison
>
>
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