Upon The Horns

Yesterday, sigh. I read three more chapters of the Barnes, two outdoors in that plentiful sunshine. N was, it appears, rather accurate in her assessment of Barnes, especially in contrast to David Mitchell. It is largely a question of folly in Barnes' outcomes, differences in creed and religion will undoubtedly retard progress and Nature will take her cues periodically and humble all advances and whatever self-importance has been erected along the way.