Re: [MOSAIC] cummings quote

2007-01-22 Thread Patricia Kimathi
   from A Poet's Advice is the source.  It was written in 1955
Pat K

to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night 
and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest 
battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

e.e. cummings

On Jan 21, 2007, at 6:00 AM, Freida Hammett wrote:

 to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is
 doing its best,
 night
   and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to
 fight the
 hardest
   battle which any human being can fight, and never
 stop fighting.
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[MOSAIC] cummings quote

2007-01-21 Thread Freida Hammett
Pat, I think you are the one who posted the cummings
quote.  Can you tell us the source?  It sums up for me
the struggle I feel in teaching.  Thanks, Freida
Hammett

 to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is
doing its best, 
night 
  and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to
fight the 
hardest 
  battle which any human being can fight, and never
stop fighting.

  e.e. cummings


 

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