Though I Love My Country, I Do

Society Is Now One Polished Horde, Formed Of Two Mighty Tries, The Bores And Bored.

Let Us Have Wine And Women, Mirth And Laughter, Sermons And Soda Water The Day After.

I Stood Among Them, But Not Of Them: In A Shroud Of Thoughts Which Were Not Their Thoughts.

My Turn Of Mind Is So Given To Taking Things In The Absurd Point Of View, That It Breaks Out In Spite Of Me Every Now And Then.

If A Man Proves Too Clearly And Convincingly To Himself...that A Tiger Is An Optical Illusion--well, He Will Find Out He Is Wrong. The Tiger Will Himself Intervene In The Discussion, In A Manner Which Will Be In Every Sense Conclusive.