It Is Well To Open

A Man Needs To Look, Not Down, But Up To Standards Set So Much Above His Ordinary Self As To Make Him Feel That He Is Himself Spiritually The Underdog.

We Must Not, However, Be Like The Leaders Of The Great Romantic Revolt Who, In Their Eagerness To Get Rid Of The Husk Of Convention, Disregarded Also The Humane Aspiration.

If A Man Went Simply By What He Saw, He Might Be Tempted To Affirm That The Essence Of Democracy Is Melodrama.

If Quantitatively The American Achievement Is Impressive, Qualitatively It Is Somewhat Less Satisfying.

Commercialism Is Laying Its Great Greasy Paw Upon Everything Including The Irresponsible Quest Of Thrills; So That, Whatever Democracy May Be Theoretically, One Is Sometimes Tempted To Define It Practically As Standardized And Commercialized Melodrama.