The Present In New York

One Of The Deepest Impulses In Man Is The Impulse To Record, - To Scratch A Drawing On A Tusk Or Keep A Diary, To Collect Sagas And Heap Cairns. This Instinct As To The Enduring Value Of The Past Is, One Might Say, The Very Basis Of Civilization.

Learning Is Not Easy, But Hard; Culture Is Severe. The Steps To Parnassus Are Steep And Terribly Arduous.

Everybody In America Is Soft, And Hates Conflict. The Cure For This, Both In Politics And Social Life, Is The Same - Hardihood. Give Them Raw Truth.

The Power Of Quotation Is As Dreadful A Weapon As Any Which The Human Intellect Can Forge.

Our Goodness Comes Solely From Thinking On Goodness; Our Wickedness From Thinking On Wickedness. We Too Are The Victims Of Our Own Contemplation.