Books Aren't Written - They're Rewritten. Including

No One Escapes From Life Alive.

We Think We Know What We Are Doing. We Have Always Thought So.

Having Wallowed In A Delightful Orgy Of Anti-french Sentiment, Having Deplored And Applauded The Villains Themselves, Having Relished The Foibles Of Bankers, Railwaymen, Diplomats, And Police, The Public Was Now Ready To See Its Faith Restored In The Basic Soundness Of Banks, Railroads, Government, And Police.

In Other Centuries, Human Beings Wanted To Be Saved, Or Improved, Or Freed, Or Educated. But In Our Century, They Want To Be Entertained. The Great Fear Is Not Of Disease Or Death, But Of Boredom. A Sense Of Time On Our Hands, A Sense Of Nothing To Do. A Sense That We Are Not Amused.

Most Areas Of Intellectual Life Have Discovered The Virtues Of Speculation, And Have Embraced Them Wildly. In Academia, Speculation Is Usually Dignified As Theory.