History of the East Side of Balboa Park. From the park's inception in 1868, merchants, lawyers, real-estate salesmen, and politicians tried to seize the park, but citizens resisted their maneuvers. Someone in San Diego is always advocating the holding of an international exposition. Despite this constant advocacy, the city has never held a genuine World's Fair. It is the very palpable tip of an iceberg.
History gets short shrift.
If Crooks had looked at the detailed file of Balboa Park events by year from 1868 to 1999 on file in the San Diego Historical Society Research Archives and on the San Diego Historical Society webpage, she would have done a better job. It is unfortunate that The Tale of Genji's audience has been so small, for Lady Murasaki speaks to modern readers of matters that have a place in man's psyche. Lady Murasaki and Buddhism Murasaki does not relish dying and the Lady of Akashi reminds her that the Buddha served a hermit for a thousand years before he obtained The Scripture of the Lotus Flower. Stern and impressive, he allowed his rigorous conscience to dictate his thoughts and actions. The Quality of Experience in Proust and Joyce In Remembrance of Things Past and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Marcel Proust and James Joyce are concerned about the artist's relation to his craft and his relation to society.