With The Shock Of War The State

We Can Easily Become As Much Slaves To Precaution As We Can To Fear.

No Matter What We Have Come Through, Or How Many Perils We Have Safely Passed, Or How Many Imperfect And Jagged - In Some Places Perhaps Irreparably - Our Life Has Been, We Cannot In Our Heart Of Hearts Imagine How It Could Have Been Different. As We Look Back On It, It Slips In Behind Us In Orderly Array, And, With All Its Mistakes, Acquires A Sort Of Eternal Fitness, And Even, At Times, Of Poetic Glamour.

He Who Mounts A Wild Elephant Goes Where The Elephant Goes.

The Ironic Life Is A Life Keenly Alert, Keenly Sensitive, Reacting Promptly With Feelings Of Liking Or Dislike To Each Bit Of Experience, Letting None Of It Pass Without Interpretation And Assimilation, A Life Full And Satisfying - Indeed A Rival Of The Religious Life.

War Is The Health Of The State. It Automatically Sets In Motion Throughout Society These Irresistible Forces For Uniformity, For Passionate Cooperation With The Government In Coercing Into Obedience The Minority Groups And Individuals Which Lack The Larger Herd Sense.