Earth-honoring asceticism and consumption.(Critical essay)

Cross Currents | January 1, 2008| | Copyright 
 
"Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law." 
--Stanza 3, America the Beautiful (1)

Thousands know Wordsworth's famous opening line. "The world is too much with us." Most have forgotten what follows 

 
    ... late and soon, 
    Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: 
    Little we see in Nature that is ours; 
    We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! 
    This sea that bares her bosom to the moon: 
    The winds that will be howling at all hours, 
    And are up gathered now like sleeping flowers; 
    For this, for everything, we are ...

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