9.15.2026 – all deeds of men are

all deeds of men are
dreams at first, in the end, deeds
dissolve into dreams

Based on the Epilogue to the book, Old-New Land by Theodor Herzl (Bloch Publishing: New York, 1902), where Mr. Herzl writes:

When, however, you come among friendly folk, give them greetings from your father.

Tell them that he believes Dreams also are a fulfillment of the days of our sojourn on Earth.

Dreams are not so different from Deeds as some may think.

All the Deeds of men are only Dreams at first.

And in the end, their Deeds dissolve into Dreams.

In the book, Old New Land, Mr. Herzl dreams of a Jewish Homeland and dreams of a new nation in Palestine.

According to Wikipedia, when the book came out, “The book was immediately translated into Hebrew by Nahum Sokolow, who gave it the poetic title “Tel Aviv”, using tel (‘ancient mound’) for ‘old’ and aviv (‘spring’) for ‘new’.”

The Hebrew title of the book was chosen by Jewish residents as the name for the newly purchased twelve acres of sand dunes, north of Jaffa, established in 1909 under a company name “Ahuzat Bayit (lit. “homestead”) society”, and with the financial assistance of the Jewish National Fund. The town was originally named Ahuzat Bayit. On 21 May 1910, the name Tel Aviv was adopted. Eventually, Tel Aviv would become known as “the first [modern] Hebrew city”

It is explained that the epligogue I am quoting is addressed to the book itself.

Mr. Herzl writes, “Now, dear Book, after three years we must part.“

When he writes, When, however, you come among friendly folk, give them greetings from your father, he is referring to himself as the father of the book.

It is Mr. Herzl who believes Dreams also are a fulfillment of the days of our sojourn on Earth.

And, as the epigram opens the book …

“If you will it, it is no dream.”

Deep stuff for a Tuesday morning.

Dreams.

Deeds.

Old for New.

Maybe we are watching the dreams of those founding father fellers that they turned into deeds are once more, becoming just a dream.