[NatureNS] Loren Eiseley

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Hi Brian,

I'd heard the story before, unattributed. When I started looking for a =20=

source I found the following page:

	http://muttcats.com/starfish.htm

It does say, and I neglected to mention, that the short account below =20=

is "adapted" from the story (although adapted by whom, it doesn't =20
specify).

Cheers!

Chris

On 13-Jan-12, at 2:22 PM, Brian Bartlett wrote:

> Eiseley was a genius of an essayist, memoirist, and nature writer. =20
> The Immense Journey, The Night Country, The Unexpected Universe, All =20=

> The Strange Hours -- a few of his most memorable books. The Star =20
> Thrower, which Chris mentions, provided the title for a selection of =20=

> Eiseley's writing. But Chris, I'm a bit confused, because "The Star =20=

> Thrower" is a 25-page personal essay in the book The Unexpected =20
> Universe, and it doesn't contain the passage you quote below. Did =20
> you find that on-line somewhere?
> Brian
>
>
> From: Christopher Majka
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 1:34 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Vogel-the Common Gallinule/ native story
>
> Hi Tuma and Dusan,
>
> Tuma's story of Militaw reminds me of The Star Thrower, a story =20
> written<ir.gif> by anthropologist Loren Eisley (1907-1977). =20
> Apparently it was a true story in which Eisley himself was the =20
> "elderly gentleman". ;~>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Chris
>
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> The Star Thrower
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> by Loren Eisley
> While walking along a beach, an elderly gentleman saw someone in the =20=

> distance leaning down, picking something up and throwing it into the =20=

> ocean. As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a =20
> young man, picking up starfish one by one and tossing each one =20
> gently back into the water. He came closer still and called out, =20
> "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?"
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> The young man paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into =20=

> the ocean."
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> The old man smiled, and said, "I must ask, then, why are you =20
> throwing starfish into the ocean?"
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> To this, the young man replied, "The sun is up and the tide is going =20=

> out. If I don=92t throw them in, they=92ll die."
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> Upon hearing this, the elderly observer commented, "But, young man, =20=

> do you not realise that there are miles and miles of beach and there =20=

> are starfish all along every mile? You can=92t possibly make a =20
> difference!"
>
> The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked up =20
> another starfish, threw it into the back into the ocean past the =20
> breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi =
Brian,<div><br></div><div>I'd heard the story before, unattributed. When =
I started looking for a source I found the following =
page:</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre">	<a =
href=3D"http://muttcats.com/starfish.htm">http://muttcats.com/starfish.htm=
</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>It does say, and I neglected to =
mention, that the short account below is "adapted" from the story =
(although adapted by whom, it doesn't =
specify).</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris<=
/div><div><br><div><div>On 13-Jan-12, at 2:22 PM, Brian Bartlett =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">  <meta content=3D"text/html;charset=3DWindows-1252" =
http-equiv=3D"Content-Type"> <meta name=3D"GENERATOR" content=3D"MSHTML =
9.00.8112.16440"> <div style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; =
WORD-WRAP: break-word; PADDING-TOP: 15px; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space" id=3D"MailContainerBody" =
leftmargin=3D"0" topmargin=3D"0" canvastabstop=3D"true" name=3D"Compose =
message area"> <div><font face=3D"Calibri">Eiseley was a genius of an =
essayist, memoirist, and nature writer. The Immense Journey, The Night =
Country, The Unexpected Universe, All The Strange Hours -- a few of his =
most memorable books. The Star Thrower, which Chris mentions, provided =
the title for a selection of Eiseley's writing. But Chris, I'm a bit =
confused, because "The Star Thrower" is a 25-page personal essay in the =
book The Unexpected Universe, and it doesn't contain the passage you =
quote below. Did you find that on-line somewhere? </font></div> =
<div><font face=3D"Calibri">Brian</font></div> <div><font =
face=3D"Calibri"></font>&nbsp;</div> <div><font =
face=3D"Calibri"></font>&nbsp;</div> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> =
<div style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <div style=3D"font-color: =
black"><b>From:</b> <a title=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca
CTRL + Click to follow link" =
href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">Christopher Majka</a> </div> =
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 13, 2012 1:34 PM</div> <div><b>To:</b> =
<a title=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
CTRL + Click to follow link" =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> =
</div> <div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Vogel-the Common Gallinule/ =
native story</div></div></div> <div><br></div> <div>Hi Tuma and =
Dusan,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Tuma's story of&nbsp;Militaw reminds =
me of The Star Thrower, a story =
written<span>&lt;ir.gif&gt;</span>&nbsp;by anthropologist Loren Eisley =
(1907-1977). Apparently it was a