"This, in a way, would be exceeding odd And almost justify man’s ways to God— If, by the healing of these hills, the blind Receive an inner sight, and leave behind Their narrow greed, their numbing fears, and fare Forth with new souls to breathe the honest air;If rich man, poor man, lawyer, merchant, thief Declare with one accord that they'd as lief Laugh and forget, and make a gracious truce With sea and mountain; learn again the use Of earth and sky and ocean-ranging breeze, And dance, and dance beneath the pepper trees."
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"California: Odd–and Utopian", in The Survey, vol. 54, no. 5 (June 1, 1925) p. 297. Quoted in Carey McWilliams, Southern California Country (1946) ch. 14, p. 273
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James Rorty
James Rorty (March 30, 1890 – February 26, 1973) was a 20th-century American radical writer and poet as well as political activist who addressed controversial topics that included McCarthyism, Jim Crow, American industries, advertising, and nutrition, and was perhaps best known as a founding editor of the New Masses magazine.
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