Lincoln began his proclamation this way: " The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies."
We think of them constantly, we only want to spend more time in their company, we delight in their many skills and accomplishments: but this early phase of powerful admiration and longing rarely lasts.
The curtain rises: The large teahouses in Beijing have closed up one by one. Yutai, the only one still open, has had to change its appearance and line of business in order to survive.
One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance.