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Behind The Big Names Of Twentieth-century Literature There Stands A Shadow Cabinet Of Writers Waiting To Take Over Once The Wind Of Change Has Blown. My Own Vote Goes To Hugh Kingsmill As Leader Of This Opposition.

Writers Are Idolized Not Because They Love Their Fellow Men, Which Is Never A Recommendation And In Extreme Instances Leads To Crucifixion, But Because Their Self-love Is In Tune With Current Fears And Desires, And In Giving It Expression They Are Speaking For An Inarticulate Multitude.

Hamlet Is Egotism As It Appears To Itself, And Don Quixote Is Egotism As It Appears To The Detached Observer.

A Concern With The Perfectibility Of Mankind Is Always A Symptom Of Thwarted Or Perverted Development.

Ideas Get Substance And Value Not By Being Discussed But By Being Lived.