The Prophet And The Martyr Do Not

Rest And Motion, Unrelieved And Unchecked, Are Equally Destructive.

As I Search The Archives Of My Memory I Seem To Discern Six Types Or Methods [of Judicial Writing] Which Divide Themselves From One Another With Measurable Distinctness. There Is The Type Magisterial Or Imperative; The Type Laconic Or Sententious; The Type Conversational Or Homely; The Type Refined Or Artificial, Smelling Of The Lamp, Verging At Times Upon Preciosity Or Euphuism; The Demonstrative Or Persuasive; And Finally The Type Tonsorial Or Agglutinative, So Called From The Shears And The Pastepot Which Are Its Implements And Emblem.

In The End The Great Truth Will Have Been Learned That The Quest Is Greater Than What Is Sought, The Effort Finer That The Prize (or Rather, That The Effort Is The Prize), The Victory Cheap And Hollow Were It Not For The Rigor Of The Game.

The Repetition Of A Catchword Can Hold Analysis In Fetters For Fifty Years Or More.

We Seek To Find Peace Of Mind In The Word, The Formula, The Ritual. The Hope Is Illusion.