Atheism Was Natural Enough, But Heresy Seemed

How Agreeable To Watch, From The Other Side Of The High Stile, This Mighty Creature, This Fat Bull Of Bashan, Snorting, Champing, Pawing The Earth, Lashing The Tail, Breathing Defiance At Heaven And At Me ... His Heart Hot With Hate, Unable To Climb A Stile.

All Sorts Of Articles And Letters Appear In The Papers About Women. Profound Questions Are Raised Concerning Them. Should They Smoke? Should They Work? Vote? Marry? Exist? Are Not Their Skirts Too Short, Or Their Sleeves? Have They A Sense Of Humor, Of Honor, Of Direction? Are Spinsters Superfluous? But How Seldom Similar Inquiries Are Propounded About Men.

Cruelty Was The Devil, And Most People Were, In One Way Or Another, Cruel. Tyranny, Suppression, Persecution, Torture, Slavery, War, Neglect - All Were Cruel. The World Was Acid And Sour With Hate, Fat With Greed, Yellow With The Triumph Of The Strong And The Rich.

The Superior Thing ... Was To Be Late. Lateness Showed That Serene Contempt For The Illusion We Call Time Which Is So Necessary To Ensure The Respect Of Others And Oneself. Only The Servile Are Punctual.

There's One Thing About Freedom ... Each Generation Of People Begins By Thinking They've Got It For The First Time In History, And Ends By Being Sure The Generation Younger Than Themselves Have Too Much Of It. It Can't Really Always Have Been Increasing At The Rate People Suppose, Or There Would Be More Of It By Now.