Wow, 'TheSnail', I do believe that you have just powerfully summed up and encapsulated every thing I have tried to put my finger on and express in this thread (including my previous 'iceberg' analogy).

That is a very powerful and succinct expression.

In fact it is more than that; it is pure poetry and could be the start of a a very good song to explain and diffuse the many different and diverse attitudes and conceptions about the theme of this thread.

God bless Henry van Dyke.