Balancing both natures

I early learned that there were two natures in me. This caused me a great deal of trouble, till I worked out a philosophy of life and struck a compromise between the flesh and the spirit. Too great an ascendancy of either was to be abnormal, and since normality is almost a fetish of mine, I finally succeeded in balancing both natures. Ordinarily they are at equilibrium; yet as frequently as one is permitted to run rampant, so is the other. I have small regard for an utter brute or for an utter saint.

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Cozy 3 Bdr 2000sq ft house surrounded by #vineyards built by author Jack London in the early 1900s available in #Sonoma 's #ValleyOfTheMoon if you have spare $2.3 million

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Play a poor hand well

Life is not always a matter of holding good cards,
but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

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No profetiza el fascismo precisamente tal cual fue, pero se le acerca bastante: una tiranía implacable que usa la brutalidad para mantener el poder y los privilegios de la élite capitalista y perpetuar la explotación de las clases trabajadoras.

#libros #jacklondon #distopia

https://www.maikciveira.com/2026/03/que-no-nos-aplaste-el-talon-de-hierro.html?m=1

"Un pari fou, des trains lancés à toute allure, des flics du rail, une plongée dans les bas-fonds, des rencontres et découvertes curieuses (une colonie des divorcées, notamment) : 𝑫’𝒖𝒏 𝒐𝒄𝒆́𝒂𝒏 𝒂̀ 𝒍’𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒆 est le récit d’une traversée des États-Unis d’est en ouest par deux aventuriers sans le sou – dont un jeune gaillard de 18 ans, Jack London !

Dans un style vif, insolent et mordant, Leon Ray Livingston dévoile dans ce texte l’envers du rêve américain – le monde des hobos, ces nomades de la débrouille –, et nous révèle les origines de la légende de l’immense écrivain qu’allait devenir Jack London".

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#MastoLivre

Martin Eden (2019)
verfügbar bis 12.05.2026

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/082673-000-A/martin-eden/

https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt4516162

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Verfilmung des autobiografisch inspirierten Romans von Jack London. Der Matrose Martin Eden ist ein wuchtiger, ungebildeter Mann, von einigem Charisma, aber auch immer bereit für eine Prügelei. Als er in Neapel die Bürgerstochter Elena kennenlernt, eröffnet sich ihm eine neue Welt. Um ihr Herz zu gewinnen, möchte er so viel lesen wie möglich und Schriftsteller werden. Ein Beitrag von Philipp Bühler / Kinofenster.de (ARTE, Wh.)

Today in Labor History April 18, 1906: The Great San Francisco earthquake struck. It killed over 3,000 people and destroyed 80% of the city, making 250,000 people homeless, or more than half of its population at the time. Chinatown was heavily damaged and many of the survivors from that community fled to Oakland, with only 400 remaining in San Francisco. The population of African Americans, in contrast, increased in the wake of the quake, as many came to San Francisco to support their friends’ and families’ recovery efforts. IWW bard, and composer of the classic hobo song, “Big Rock Candy Mountains,” was there at the time. In 1905, he sang at an Oakland rally for London’s mayoral bid. When the earthquake hit, Haywire Mac was drafted by a fire captain. He spent the next three days making coffee and sandwiches for the firemen, remaining close to engines because soldiers were shooting looters on sight.

You can read more about Haywire Mac here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/03/16/the-haywire-mac-story/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #sanfrancisco #earthquake #IWW #jacklondon #haywiremac #BlackMastodon

🏙️📷 En 1902, Jack London quitte l’aventure des grands espaces pour plonger dans un autre territoire brutal: l’East End de Londres

À travers ces clichés d’époque, on découvre l’envers du décor londonien : Whitechapel, la misère urbaine, les rues bondées, les visages fatigués… tout un monde qui nourrira ensuite Le Peuple de l’abîme
Un Londres loin des cartes postales, beaucoup plus sombre, beaucoup plus humain

➡️ https://2tout2rien.fr/le-east-end-de-londres-par-jack-london-en-1902/

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