History Is Mostly Guessing; The

A Cat Has A Reputation To Protect. If It Had A Halo, It Would Be Worn Cocked To One Side.

All That Is Good In Our History Is Gathered In Libraries. At This Moment, Plato Is Down There At The Library Waiting For Us. So Is Aristotle. Spinoza Is There And So Is Kats. Shelly And Byron Adn Sam Johnson Are There Waiting To Tell Us Their Magnificent Stories. All You Have To Do Is Walk In The Library Door And The Great Company Open Their Arms To You. They Are So Happy To See You That They Come Out With You Into The Street And To Your Home. And They Do What Hardly Any Friend Will-- They Are Silent When You Wish To Think.

The Finger That Turns The Dial Rules The Air.

The Experience Of The Past Lives Little Doubt That Every Economic System Must Sooner Or Later Rely Upon Some Form Of The Profit Motive To Stir Individuals And Groups To Productivity. Substitutes Like Slavery, Police Supervision, Or Ideological Enthusiasm Prove Too Unproductive, Too Expensive, Or Too Transient.

The Fear Of Capitalism Has Compelled Socialism To Widen Freedom, And The Fear Of Socialism Has Compelled Capitalism To Increase Equality. East Is West And West Is East, And Soon The Twain Will Meet.