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Maybe I'm Wrong by Robert C. Raines (1883-1936).

This unusual book (difficult to categorize it!), describes few sketches of lives and frame of mind on the life, usages and lifestyle. Wrote with humor and philosophy, it's a pleasant—entertaining book. A few chapters are written in local language (South Dakota, Davison Co.), but are easy to read, they can make us remember our grandparents tell their life in the days of our childhood.

Rare to find, this book is a testimony on a near past in a rural district, in a small town. You need to read it!

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Excerpt:

The human mind is an enigma; howbeit, we seem to make a go of things among ourselves. Should man lose his mind he would be in an extremely precarious condition, for, unless his mind were restored to him, he must forever be without—another's mind he cannot have. Woman seldom loses her mind, though she could lose her temper. To say that one knows his own mind is travesty—burlesque treatment of a lofty subject. Claiming to know another's mind is most absurd. Never do people think alike. Our views may be in accord on certain subjects—we may vote for the same candidate, place money on the same horse, yell for the same team, patronize the same preacher, or bootlegger, as the case may be-two men may form an affection for the same woman—too bad, but the forces impelling these decisions are not the same with different individuals. When the Lord placed Adam on this earth, He gave Adam the power of speech, and speech, of necessity, is of the mind, first. One does not speak before thinking, but one can speak without concentrating on his thoughts. Speech is an acquired characteristic and writing is of the same category. Through man's ability to speak and write, to hear and see, he absorbs knowledge or passes knowledge to others that they may profit through his experiences.

It is said that ninety per cent of knowledge is gained with the eyes as a medium, but, over and above, out and beyond physical eyes, is mental vision, pointing to a finer sense of things-things not disclosed by human eyes. Show me the child with deep, full-fledged imagination and I will show you a potential success in life.

The writer was reared in a Christian home and the influence of that home is reflected in this book. His early training included a reverence for God and for all His humble creatures. Almost without exception the mother's influence in the home is reflected in the lives of her children and so it was in our home. And I am grateful for the privilege of having had a Christian mother to guide me in my boyhood days.

From early childhood I have had a keen appreciation of the great out-of-doors. It has been, more than anything else, my schoolhouse and my teacher. I have harkened more to the call of the wild than I have to the call of the schoolbell. I found greater thrill in walking through fields where the possibilities of flushing quail or grouse held my attention than I did in shooting paper wads at the teacher, or in viewing the greatest collection of wild animals ever found in a menagerie. Life, at its peak, is indigenous to the unpampered, unrestricted and unrestrained; life must be free.

I admire the tall buildings; have blinked my eyes at the bright lights; crossed the continent to ride on the ocean waves—I have been in the air. I marvel at man's progress—his stupendous feats in engineering. I enjoy the modern equipment of my home; I appreciate our churches and our splendid schools of learning—it is not for me to discount man's achievements. I like all these things but I LOVE nature, for nature is God's handiwork. That same spirit which prompts the redskin to sit his horse and gaze at a setting sun, that same spirit which prompts him to name his lake for the Great-Father-that same spirit dwells in me and I in it.

Many of the stories herein are drawn from my experiences in the open—many are quite personal, though none is so personal but that you will recall circumstances and incidents in your past affairs which bear close resemblance to those I have recited.

If the reading of this book brings back happy memories, if new and wholesome thoughts are engendered within your consciousness, if a laugh, yea, even a smile o’ertakes you—then, this book has served its purpose and I am rewarded for having written

Maybe I'm Wrong.

 

ROBERT C. RAINES

 

Isbn 978-2-915723-17-5

218 pages – 15 x 21 cm.
Price (France) 18 €

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Robert Claire RAINES
MAYBE I'M WRONG

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