tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post3524745195849935080..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Goodwin Wharton, King of FairylandUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-26684712125855000752015-03-02T17:27:23.269-08:002015-03-02T17:27:23.269-08:00Amazing.., BRAVO..!! Hhh.. ;-)Amazing.., BRAVO..!! Hhh.. ;-)Mourning Gloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590985667319268913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-24425849111502691632015-03-02T11:53:45.813-08:002015-03-02T11:53:45.813-08:00Wharton's gullibility seems to have been on a ...Wharton's gullibility seems to have been on a fantastic scale, but otherwise, as you say, it was rather typical of the times. And how many people nowadays gather at spots on certain dates to await the latest end of the world, or aliens who will take them to better planets? How many otherwise sane people went mad over the impending destruction of Earth in the year 2000, with Y2K and that thing in 2012 when the Mayans (whose every other prediction was ignored) predicted a cataclysm? It seems the only real difference is that in sphere, Wharton actually made a contribution and was, for a time, a sober and capable administrator. A disillusioned man - but one who could have been a king, in his own mind.<br /><br />A very interesting tale, as always.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com