No Vermont Town Ever Let Anybody In

One Of The Many Things Nobody Ever Tells You About Middle Age Is That It's Such A Nice Change From Being Young.

Perhaps All This Modern Ferment Of What's Known As 'social Conscience' Or 'civic Responsibility' Isn't A Result Of The Sense Of Duty, But Of The Old, Old Craving For Beauty.

Vermont Tradition Is Based On The Idea That Group Life Should Leave Each Person As Free As Possible To Arrange His Own Life. This Freedom Is The Only Climate In Which (we Feel) A Human Being May Create His Own Happiness. ... Character Itself Lies Deep And Secret Below The Surface, Unknown And Unknowable By Others. It Is The Mysterious Core Of Life, Which Every Man Or Woman Has To Cope With Alone, To Live With, To Conquer And Put In Order, Or To Be Defeated By.

Never Since The Dawn Of Human History, As Far As I Can Find Out, Did People Long Settled In Any Region Give A Friendly Welcome To Newcomers. One Of The Disagreeable Traits Of Our Human Nature Seems To Be To Dislike On Sight People Who Come Later Than The First Settlers.

Help That Is Not Positively Necessary Is A Hindrance To A Growing Organism.