Pausing - That Was All Comments

I want to pause here to acknowledge WENDELL BERRY in your comment on my poem for my best friend, Paul - LENDING MY VOICE. I met Wendell Berry at a conference many years ago on SPACE COLONIZATION. I recognized in him a latter day Thoreau and found his presence was an eloquent homage to faith and hope. However, the venue of SPACE COLONIZATION was simply not his metier, he could not wrap his mind around the concept, saw it only as a kind of human hubris rather than humanity's ongoing quest of discovery. I talked to him one-on-one at the end of the conference and expressed my appreciation for his philosophy of life. He was gracious and responsive. It was only in later years as he published more that I fully comprehended what a rare and wonderful person he is. He is the inheritor of the TRANSCENDENTALIST MOVEMENT which has enriched our American heritage. I'm not sure of this, but should his name be added to your eloquent tribute to those WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE?