This article is based on quotations from three writers, of three different nationalities, who share a spirit with which I am in sympathy:
- Fukuoka
- “The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
- Pirsig
- “The real cycle you’re working on is the cycle called ‘yourself.’ ”
- Collingwood
- “I thought that the democratic system was not only a form of government but a school of political experience coextensive with the nation.”
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