1822-05-25+-+Campfire+conversation+(James)

Nb. The date might be off on this title, I'm having a hard time keeping track.

Editor's note: this an excerpt from a conversion James had while they were camping with the "Gypsies".

"You know one of things I've noticed in life is that people from different places have more in common than not. I first noticed this when I was in Spain on Christmas of 1812. It was such a strange country, and yet when it came down to it, so many things matched my own: the mass at church, the families having their meals together, excited little children. We taught the Portuguese soldiers and the Spanish fighters (they called them "grillas" or something like that) to play football, and it was just like playing a game in school. "It seems unfortunate that we can't just realize it. Like that woman we were with earlier to day. She has so much in common with you folk: a traveller who avoids the beaten path, a lover of freedom. If only she could look beyond your race, and realize that we don't need to be afraid of each other just because of a few minor differences in bone shape."