[meteorite-list] To the dreamers

[Darren Garrison]

On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 10:52:01 -0700 (MST), you wrote:

>Hi Mal:
>
>We (actually Nancy) uses this at every teacher workshop that we do. It
>really points out the importance of learning astronomy (or any other
>science) by doing it and not just lecturing!
>

That kind of goes against what I always thought Whitman's point in the poem
was-- that you should enjoy nature, not try to break it down and analyze it.
Sort of an anti-scientific statement, not a field-work vs. lab work argument.

Whitman always struck me as a bit of a weirdo.  :-)