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To: TobagoJack who wrote (19076)	5/18/2002 1:53:29 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

' October 20 5 A.M. Concerning fanaticism in awakening Asia: If you want people to work for little or nothing you have to infect them with fanaticism. Fervor is a substitute for skill and also for capital. When a poor country wants to modernize itself in a hurry, it must know how to induce its people to work for words. Hence the vital role "men of words" play in the awakening of stagnant societies.' .. from page 45 of Working and Thinking on the Waterfront, Eric Hoffer ... Perennial Library edition printed 1970 ... pulled it out because your post reminded me of Hoffer who was a californian longshoreman ..... and this for DJ, from page 36 - 'October 1 <--- [these dates are from 1958, entries in EH's diary] Eight hours on the Wonorata at Pier 23. My partner was the old Slavonian with the big nose and squinting eyes. He has a chip on his shoulder, but his aggressiveness is actually defensive. We got to talking about the achievements of the various nationalities. He said: "You heard about the Slavonian inventor Nikola Tesla? He was greater than Edison, but he remained poor because he was a foreigner. When Edison was trying to make an electric bulb he asked Tesla if it could be done. Tesla answered in Slavonian: 'Mazda', which means 'maybe'. This is why they have the word mazda on the electric bulbs." ' Of course this is incomplete, since as every canadian knows the light bulb was invented by a University of Toronto medical student ... but Hoffer was quite a guy, very readable writer [an old friend of mine, now passed away, knew him well, EH was a good friend of his parents], forever linked in my mind with ships on the west coast of the US