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Prometheus Is Reaching Out For The Stars With An Empty Grin On His Face.

Adolescence Is A Kind Of Emotional Seasickness. Both Are Funny, But Only In Retrospect.

True Creativity Often Starts Where Language Ends.

...the Crimes Of Violence Committed For Selfish, Personal Motives Are Historically Insignificant Compared To Those Committed Ad Majorem Gloriam Dei, Out Of A Self-sacrificing Devotion To The Flag, A Leader, A Religeous Faith Or Political Conviction.

I Profoundly Admire Aldous Huxley, Both For His Philosophy And Uncompromising Sincerity. But I Disagree With His Advocacy Of 'the Chemical Opening Of Doors Into The Other World', And With His Belief That Drugs Can Procure 'what Catholic Theologians Call A Gratuitous Grace'. Chemically Induced Hallucinations, Delusions And Raptures May Be Frightening Or Wonderfully Gratifying; In Either Case They Are In The Nature Of Confidence Tricks Played On One's Own Nervous System.