Confessions of a Beachcomber - General Tiki

K Kailuageoff Member Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 1506	K Kailuageoff Posted posted on Fri, Jun 6, 2003 8:57 AM Glad you like it, Emspace... Now, shhhh! We're reading and now I have to back up a page or two. page 44 -- "During this period of utter abandonment of all serious claims upon time and exertion came the conviction that the career of the Beachcomber, the closest possible 'return to nature" now popularly advocated, has charms no other posesses. Then it was that the lotus-blossum was first eaten. "Unfettered by laws of society, with the means at hand of acquiring the few necessaries of life that nature in this generous part of her domain fails to provide ready-made, a Beachcomber of a virtuous instinct, and a due perception of the decency of things, may enjoy a happy life. Should, however, he be of the type that demands a wreck or so every month to maintain his supplies of rum or gin, and other articles of his true religion, and is prepared if wrecks do not come with regularity to assist tardy nature by means of false lights on the shore, he will find no scope whatever among these orderly isles." "Floatsam and jetsom make another class of Beachcomber by stimulating the gaming instincts. Is there a human being, taking part in the rough and tumble of the world, who can honestly make confession and say that he has completely suffocated those inherint instincts of salvagedom -- joy and persistence in the chase, the longing for excitement and surprise, the crude selfishness, the delight in getting something for nothing? When the sea casts up its gifts on these radiant shores, I boldly and with glee give way to my beachcombing instincts and pick and choose. Never up to the present have I found anything of real value; but am I not buoyed up by pious hopes and sanguine expectations? Is not the game as diverting and as innocent as many others that are played to greater profit? "It is a game, too, that cannot be forced, and therefore canot become demoralizing; and having no nice feelings nor fine shades, I rejoice and am glad in it." [ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2003-06-06 08:59 ]

Glad you like it, Emspace... Now, shhhh! We're reading and now I have to back up a page or two.

page 44 -- "During this period of utter abandonment of all serious claims upon time and exertion came the conviction that the career of the Beachcomber, the closest possible 'return to nature" now popularly advocated, has charms no other posesses. Then it was that the lotus-blossum was first eaten.
"Unfettered by laws of society, with the means at hand of acquiring the few necessaries of life that nature in this generous part of her domain fails to provide ready-made, a Beachcomber of a virtuous instinct, and a due perception of the decency of things, may enjoy a happy life. Should, however, he be of the type that demands a wreck or so every month to maintain his supplies of rum or gin, and other articles of his true religion, and is prepared if wrecks do not come with regularity to assist tardy nature by means of false lights on the shore, he will find no scope whatever among these orderly isles."

"Floatsam and jetsom make another class of Beachcomber by stimulating the gaming instincts. Is there a human being, taking part in the rough and tumble of the world, who can honestly make confession and say that he has completely suffocated those inherint instincts of salvagedom -- joy and persistence in the chase, the longing for excitement and surprise, the crude selfishness, the delight in getting something for nothing? When the sea casts up its gifts on these radiant shores, I boldly and with glee give way to my beachcombing instincts and pick and choose. Never up to the present have I found anything of real value; but am I not buoyed up by pious hopes and sanguine expectations? Is not the game as diverting and as innocent as many others that are played to greater profit?
"It is a game, too, that cannot be forced, and therefore canot become demoralizing; and having no nice feelings nor fine shades, I rejoice and am glad in it."

[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2003-06-06 08:59 ]

Post #37643 by Kailuageoff on Fri, Jun 6, 2003 8:57 AM