that it is childish to allow these imperfections to destroy all 41 his hope and all his desire to live. Nature is older than man, 42 and she is still far from perfect. Her summers do not always 43 start promptly on June 21. Her bugs and beetles and other 44 insects often go beyond her obvious intentions, devouring 45 the leaves and buds with which she has adorned her 46 countryside. After the land has remained too dry for too 47 long, she sends relieving rains. But frequently they come in 48 torrents so violent that they do more harm than good. Over 49 the years, however, nature keeps going on in her imperfect 50 way, and the result—in spite of her many mistakes—is a 51 continuing miracle. 52 It would be folly for an individual to seek to do better—to 53 Notes: do better than to go on in his own imperfect way, making 54 his mistakes, riding out the rough and bewildering, 55 exciting and beautiful, storm of life until the day he dies. 56 Happy Talk By: Oscar Hammerstein Checking for Understanding Oscar Hammerstein argues that to say he is unhappy would be “as false as if I were to
41 that it is childish to allow these imperfections to destroy all 42 his hope and all his desire to live. Nature is older than man, 43 and she is still far from perfect. Her summers do not always 44 start promptly on June 21. Her bugs and beetles and other 45 insects often go beyond her obvious intentions, devouring 46 the leaves and buds with which she has adorned her 47 countryside. After the land has remained too dry for too 48 long, she sends relieving rains. But frequently they come in 49 torrents so violent that they do more harm than good. Over 50 the years, however, nature keeps going on in her imperfect 51 way, and the result—in spite of her many mistakes—is a 52 continuing miracle. 53 It would be folly for an individual to seek to do better—to Notes: 54 do better than to go on in his own imperfect way, making 55 his mistakes, riding out the rough and bewildering, 56 exciting and beautiful, storm of life until the day he dies. Happy Talk By: Oscar Hammerstein Checking for Understanding Oscar Hammerstein argues that to say he is unhappy would be “as false as if I were to
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