title: Cry, Smile, Wonder: poems
author:  David C. Sarnacki 
description: David C. Sarnacki is neither a #1 New York Times bestselling author nor an internationally acclaimed author nor a social media sensation. On the other hand, he has published hundreds of works in his profession, been awarded a Commendation by the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism for a monthly column in Grand Rapids Parent Magazine, and been cited as an authority by the United States Supreme Court in Winston v. Lee, 470 U.S. 753 (1985). Mostly, Dave enjoys family and friends, ventures into creative endeavors, and generally tries to go about doing some good. He has been blessed in his life by Bridget, their five extraordinary children and growing families, and his most loving and wonderful parents and in-laws. Visit Dave at: DavidSarnacki.com.
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  The Philosophy of Despair
  
  
  [The Bubbles of
  Sáki.](The%20Philosophy%20of%20Despair_split_001.html#filepos2403)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # The Philosophy of Despair
  
  
  ### David Starr Jordan
  
  
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  * The Bubbles of Sáki.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  This etext was produced by David A. Schwan, davidsch@earthlink.net.
  
  
  
  
      
  
  To
  
  
  John Maxson Stillman
  
  
  
  
  
  In Token of Good Cheer
  
  
  
  
  
  A darkening sky and a whitening sea,
  
  
  And the wind in the palm trees tall;
  
  
  Soon or late comes a call for me,
  
  
  Down from the mountain or up from the sea,
  
  
  Then let me lie where I fall.
  
  
  
  
  
  And a friend may write—for friends there be,
  
  
  On a stone from the gray sea wall,
  
  
  "Jungle and town and reef and sea—
  
  
  I loved God's Earth and His Earth loved me,
  
  
  Taken for all in all."
  
  
  
  
  
  Today is your day and mine, the only day we have, the day in which
  
  
  we play our part. What our part may signify in the g