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Timebinder, v. 1, Issue 2, 1945

THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS!

The splendid reception which you gave my Adventure Into the realms of Thinking, was indeed most gratifying to your humble servant. The magnificent response of letters proved to me that there is a definite place for such an instrument as I conceive THE TIME-BINDER to be. It shall, therefore, be my pleasure, and I hope yours, as well, to continue it for some time to come. The length of its journey will depend largely upon its friends, for without a continued stream of letters and articles, which will fit into its pattern of philosophical and honestly-felt ideas, it cannot continue. After all, even Th' Ol' Foo has only a few deep thoughts.

I did not expect that everyone who read my Philopsophy of Life would agree with me. I do not know that, consciously, I expected all of you to feel as enthusiastic as I about the future of Man, although to me it is so plain and sure that I wonder how anyone else can possibly feel it could be otherwise.

The rather unexpected tones of pessimism, therefore, that I found in a number of your letters, rather puzzled me. I cannot quite make up my mind as to whether it is due to a varying set of childhood teachings  and/or environments; to a weakening of one's hopes and beliefs due to the present terrible mess of war and hate and killings, or whether it is that I am all wrong, and far-too-optimistic in my own beliefs.

Something in me rebels against that last conclusion. Nor do I believe it is merely an egotistical over-evaluation of my own powers of thought, deduction and correlation. My mind simply CAN NOT accept the proposition that Man is to be forever a stupid, moronic beast, fighting his brothers over senseless causes until the day he and they fall back again to the level of the pre-dawn savage. There is too much greatness of soul in Man;too much inherent nobility, genius and determination to allow such a debacle to be his only ate.

I have studied your comments, your statements and arguments and philosophies, as outlined in your various letters and in the talks I have had with those of you with whom i have had the good fortune and pleasure of discussing these matters personally. You have given me much to think on, much food for future consideration, and I have joyfully taken  full advantage of it. I sincerely believe that it has aided immeasurably in the building -- the the broadening of my life and my philosophy of life. For this I am indeed very grateful and happy.

If my little efforts have done the same for you, I am well repaid for whatever efforts, time and expense I may have used in the writing and publishing of this little magazine. If I have been able to bring any small modicum of hope or pleasure, or if I have been able to show any of you a new way of life, my own life has been just that much more enriched.

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THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS! The splendid reception which you gave my Adventure Into the realms of Thinking, was indeed most gratifying to your humble servant. The magnificent response of letters proved to me that there is a definite place for such an instrument as I conceive THE TIME-BINDER to be. It shall, therefore, be my pleasure, and I hope yours, as well, to continue it for some time to come. The length of its journey will depend largely upon its friends, for without a continued stream of letters and articles, which will fit into its pattern of philosophical and honestly-felt ideas, it cannot continue. After all, even Th' Ol' Foo has only a few deep thoughts. I did not expect that everyone who read my Philopsophy of Life would agree with me. I do not know that, consciously, I expected all of you to feel as enthusiastic as I about the future of Man, although to me it is so plain and sure that I wonder how anyone else can possibly feel it could be otherwise. The rather unexpected tones of pessimism, therefore, that I found in a number of your letters, rather puzzled me. I cannot quite make up my mind as to whether it is due to a varying set of childhood teachings and/or environments; to a weakening of one's hopes and beliefs due to the present terrible mess of war and hate and killings, or whether it is that I am all wrong, and far-too-optimistic in my own beliefs. Something in me rebels against that last conclusion. Nor do I believe it is merely an egotistical over-evaluation of my own powers of thought, deduction and correlation. My mind simply CAN NOT accept the proposition that Man is to be forever a stupid, moronic beast, fighting his brothers over senseless causes until the day he and they fall back again to the level of the pre-dawn savage. There is too much greatness of soul in Man;too much inherent nobility, genius and determination to allow such a debacle to be his only ate. I have studied your comments, your statements and arguments and philosophies, as outlined in your various letters and in the talks I have had with those of you with whom i have had the good fortune and pleasure of discussing these matters personally. You have given me much to think on, much food for future consideration, and I have joyfully taken full advantage of it. I sincerely believe that it has aided immeasurably in the building -- the the broadening of my life and my philosophy of life. For this I am indeed very grateful and happy. If my little efforts have done the same for you, I am well repaid for whatever efforts, time and expense I may have used in the writing and publishing of this little magazine. If I have been able to bring any small modicum of hope or pleasure, or if I have been able to show any of you a new way of life, my own life has been just that much more enriched. 1