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- LeBron did just like T.S. Eliot said he would.
Old fans LeBron James had lost years ago and new fans he’d never had in the first place have all been roped in by his astonishing decision to go home. Robert Frost said that home is “the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” T.S. Eliot said we’re all explorers, but “the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” These poets tell us James acted on one of the most fundamental impulses of human nature—to circle back.
Athletes aren’t the only ones who take their talents to greener pastures who might be affected by James’s example. One of the reasons Chicago remains a great city is the number of movers and shakers it attracts from lesser parts like Cleveland. How will these itinerants respond to James’s announcement, fashioned by Sports Illustrated into the open letter, “I’m Coming Home.”
