All In All, Vermont Is A Jewel

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For War To Man, Like Childbirth To Women, Is Simplifying In Its Emotions And Activities. All The Real Problems Of Life Can Be Put Aside While The One Thing Is Done And Little Thought Is Needed To Do It. ... His Hatreds Can Be Expressed Without Censure, He Can Let His Emotions Run Free, He Can Behave As Dramatically, As Heroically As He Likes, And No One Laughs At Him. It Is Almost Impossible For A Man To Behave Heroically In The Cool And Ordinary Times Of Peace. But In War Anything Is Allowed Him, He Is Praised And Applauded And Made Much Of, As Women Are Excused And Allowed For In Pregnancy.

The Body Was So Little A Part Of Him That Its Final Stillness Seemed Nothing Of Importance. He Was Half Out Of It Anyway And Death Was Only A Slipping Out Of It Altogether And Being At Last What He Always Was, A Spirit. We Buried The Pearly Shell Upon The Mountain Top.

The Concept Of 'momism' Is Male Nonsense. It Is The Refuge Of A Man Seeking Excuses For His Own Lack Of Virility. I Have Listened To Many Women In Various Countries, And I Have Never Found A Woman Who Willingly 'mothers' Her Husband. The Very Idea Is Repulsive To Her. She Wants To Mother The Children While They Are Young, But Never Their Fathers. True, She May Be Forced Into The Role Of Mother By A Man's Weaknesses And Childishness, And Then She Accepts The Role With Dignity And Patience, Or With Anger And Impatience, But Always With A Secret, Profound Sadness Unexpressed And Inexpressible.

The Head Raised Too High Even In Good Will Be Struck Off Too Soon.