The Blind Men and the Elephant by James Baldwin (1841-1925) There were once six blind men who stood by the road-side every day, and begged from the people who passed. They had often heard of el-e-phants, but they had never seen one; for, being blind, how could they? It so happened one morning that…
Month: July 2010
The 4th of July by Anne Wales Abbot
The Fourth of July by Anne Wales Abbott (1808-1908) It was the anniversary of our Glorious Fourth. The evil genius who specially presides over the destinies of unoffending college boys put it into the heads of five of us to celebrate the day by an excursion by water to Nahant Beach. The morning was delightful,…