It Is, I Think, An Error To

Damn The Great Executives, The Men Of Measured Merriment, Damn The Men With Careful Smiles, Damn The Men That Run The Shops, Oh, Damn Their Measured Merriment.

You're So Earnest About Morality That I Hate To Think How Essentially Immoral You Must Be Underneath.

Every Compulsion Is Put Upon Writers To Become Safe, Polite, Obedient, And Sterile. In Protest, I Declined Election To The National Institute Of Arts And Letters Some Years Ago, And Now I Must Decline The Pulitzer Prize.

Unhappy Women Are Given To Protecting Their Sensitiveness By Cynical Gossip, By Whining, By High-church And New-thought Religions, Or By A Fog Of Vagueness.

A Sensational Event Was Changing From The Brown Suit To The Gray The Contents Of His Pockets. He Was Earnest About These Objects. They Were Of Eternal Importance, Like Baseball Or The Republican Party.