Hope Springs Eternal

For your consideration...the following is an excerpt from a radio spot on KAPL radio, Jacksonville, Oregon, called " Akin For the Truth". To listen to the entire spot (a few minutes long), click the little microphone icon....Jack

My big-hearted and tireless Springer Spaniel has rarely in his life, if ever, been fed in the kitchen. He’s not allowed to sit at the table, and he never gets fed directly from anyone’s plate. But, every night, without fail, this loveable dreamer stares expectantly at each of us, as we sit down to eat, in hope and excited anticipation of receiving some food gift during dinner. It never happens, but he will nevertheless try again tonight. In this, as in other ways, my Spaniel lends insight to some attributes of human nature.

 

Alexander Pope, a 17^th century poet, wrote in his Epistle I, NATURE AND STATE OF MAN WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIVERSE: "Hope springs eternal in the human breast."