,,love ,,life  ,,"w    ,,be+ ,a ,,book  
,,( ,,op9ions ,,reasonably              
,,good-,,natur$ ,,conc]n+ ,,h[ ,,to     
,,atta9 ,,! ,,highe/ ,,happ9ess ,,=     
,,"o',s ,,self ,,) ,,! ,,lea/ ,,possible
  ,,h>m ,,to ,,o!rs    #aijf    ,by     
,,elb]t ,,hubb>d        ,,cont5ts       
,,*apt]s    #a4 ,a ,pray]    #b4 ,life &
 ,expression    #c4 ,"t & ,*ance    #d4 
,psy*ology ( a ,religi\s ,revival    #e4
 ,"o-,man ,p[]    #f4 ,m5tal ,attitude  
#g4 ,! ,outsid]    #h4 ,get ,out or ,get
 9 ,l9e    #i4 ,! ,week-,day1 ,keep x   
,holy    #aj4 ,exclusive ,fri5d%ips     
#aa4 ,! ,folly ( ,liv+ 9 ! ,future      
#ab4 ,! ,_s ( ,man    #ac4 ,art &       
,religion    #ad4 ,initiative    #ae4 ,!
 ,disagreeable ,girl    #af4 ,! ,neutral
    #ag4 ,reflections on ,progress      
#ah4 ,sympa?y1 ,k & ,poise    #ai4 ,love
 & ,fai?    #bj4 ,giv+ ,some?+ = ,no?+  
#ba4 ,"w & ,wa/e    #bb4 ,! ,law (      
,ob$i5ce    #bc4 ,society's ,saviors    
#bd4 ,prep>+ = ,old ,age    #be4 ,an    
,alliance ,) ,nature    #bf4 ,! ,ex4 ,"q

    #bg4 ,! ,s]geant    #bh4 ,! ,_s ( ! 
,age    #bi4 ,! ,gramm>ian    #cj4 ,!   
,be/ ,religion        ,a ,pray]    ,!   
supreme pray] ( my he>t is n to be      
le>n$1 ri*1 fam\s1  p[]ful1 or good1 b  
simply to be radiant4 ,i desire to      
radiate  heal?1 *e]fulness1 calm c\rage 
& good w4 ,i wi% to live )\t  hate1 :im1
 jeal\sy1 envy1 fe>4 ,i wi% to be       
simple1 hone/1 frank1  natural1 clean 9 
m9d & clean 9 body1 unaffect$--ready to 
say ,i d  n "k1 if x be s1 & to meet all
 m5 on an absolute equality--to  face   
any ob/acle & meet e difficulty unaba%$ 
& unafraid4    ,i wi% o!rs to live _!   
lives1 too--up to _! highe/1 fulle/ &   
be/4 ,to t end ,i pray t ,i may nev]    
m$dle1 int]f]e1 dictate1  give advice t 
is n want$1 or assi/ :5 my s]vices are n
  ne$$4 ,if ,i c help p1 ,i'll d x by   
giv+ !m a *ance to help  !mselves2 & if 
,i c uplift or inspire1 let x be by     
example1  inf]5ce1 & sugge/ion1 r ?an by
 injunction & dictation4 ,t  is to say1 
,i desire to be radiant--to radiate     

life4        ,life & ,expression    ,by 
ex]cise ( its faculties ! _s gr[s1 j z a
 muscle gr[s  /rong ?ru cont9u$ use4    
,expression is necess>y4 ,life is       
expression1  & repression is            
/agnation--dea?4    ,yet1 !re c be "r & 
wrong expression4 ,if a man p]mits 8    
life  to run riot & only ! animal side (
 8 nature is all[$ to express  itself1  
he is repress+ 8 highe/ & be/1 & !      
qualities n  us$ atrophy & die4    ,m5  
are puni%$ by _! s9s1 n = !m4           
,s5suality1 gluttony1 &  ! life ( lic5se
 repress ! life ( ! _s1 & ! s\l nev]    
blossoms2 & ?is is :at x is to lose "o's
 s\l4 ,all ad[n !  c5turies ?9k+ m5 h   
not$ ^! tru?s1 & aga9 & aga9 we  f9d    
individuals =sak+ 9 horror ! life ( !   
s5ses & devot+  !mselves to ! life ( !  
_s4 ,?is "q ( expression  ?r\gh ! _s1 or
 ?r\gh ! s5ses--?r\gh s\l or body--has  
be5 ! pivotal po9t ( all philosophy & ! 
inspiration (  all religion4    ,e      
religion is made up ( two elem5ts t nev]
 mix any m ?an  oil & wat] mix4 ,a      

religion is a me*anical mixture1 n a    
*emical  comb9ation1 ( morality & dogma4
 ,dogma is ! sci5ce ( ! unse53  !       
doctr9e ( ! unkn[n & unkn[able4 ,& 9    
ord] to give ?is  sci5ce plausibility1  
its promulgators h always fa/5$ ^u x    
morality4 ,morality c & does exi/       
entirely sep>ate & ap>t f  dogma1 b     
dogma is ev] a p>asite on morality1 & ! 
bus9ess ( !  prie/ is to confuse ! two4 
,b morality & religion nev] saponify4   
,morality is simply !  "q ( express+ y\r
 life =ces--h[ to use !m8 ,y h s  mu*   
en]gy2 & :at w y d ) x8 ,& f out !      
multitude  !re h always be5 m5 to /ep   
=w>d & give y advice = a  consid]ation4 
,)\t _! suppos$ influ5ce ) ! unse5 we   
might  n accept _! int]pretation ( :at  
is "r & wrong4 ,b ) !  assurance t _!   
advice is back$ up by ,deity1 foll[$ )  
an  (f] ( rew>d if we believe x1 & a    
?reat ( dire puni%m5t if we  d n1 !     
,self-appo9t$ ,sup]ior ,class has driv5 
m5 :]esoev] x  will$4 ,! evolution (    
=mal religions is n a complex process1 &

  ! fact t !y embody ^! two unmixable   
?+s1 dogma &  morality1 is a v pla9 &   
simple tru?1 easily se51 undisput$ by   
all reasonable m54 ,& be x said t !     
morality ( mo/ religions  is good4      
,love1 tru?1 *>ity1 ju/ice & g5tl5ess   
are taught 9 !m  all4 ,b1 l a rule 9    
,greek gramm>1 !re are _m exceptions4 ,&
  s 9 ! morality ( religions !re are    
exceptional in/ances t  con/antly arise 
:]e love1 tru?1 *>ity1 g5tl5ess & ju/ice
 are  waiv$ on sugge/ion ( ! ,sup]ior   
,class1 t good may foll[4 ,7  x n = ^!  
exceptions !re w\ld be no w>s betwe5    
,*ri/ian nations4    ,! "q ( h[ to      
express y\r life w probably nev] d[n1 = 
! reason t m5 v>y 9 temp]am5t &         
incl9ation4 ,"s m5 h  no capacity =     
c]ta9 s9s ( ! fle%2 o!rs !re be1 :o1    
hav+  lo/ _! incl9ation = s5suality     
?r\gh too mu* indulg5ce1 turn  ascetics4
 ,yet all s]mons h b "o !me3 h[ %all    
life be  express$8 ,betwe5 asceticism & 
indulg5ce m5 & races sw+4    ,asceticism
 9 our day f9ds an int]e/+ manife/ation 

9 !  ,trappi/s1 :o live on a m\nta9 top1
 ne>ly inaccessible1 & deprive  !mselves
 ( almo/ e ve/ige ( bodily com=t1 go+   
)\t food  = days1 we>+ uncom=table      
g>m5ts1 suff]+ sev]e cold2 &  %\ld "o ( 
?is community look ^u ! face ( a woman  
he w\ld  ?9k he 0 9 in/ant dang] (      
damnation4 ,s "h we f9d ! extreme       
in/ance ( m5 repress+ ! faculties ( !   
body 9 ord] t !  _s may f9d ample "t &  
opportunity = ex]cise4    ,some:]e      
betwe5 ?is extreme repression ( ! monk &
 ! lic5se (  ! s5suali/ lies ! tru?4 ,b 
j :]e is ! great "q2 &  ! desire ( "o   
p]son1 :o ?9ks he has discov]$ ! norm1  
to  compel all o!r m5 to /op !re1 has l$
 to w> & /rife untold4  ,all law c5t]s  
ar\nd ?is po9t--:at %all m5 be all[$ to 
d8 ,&  s we f9d /atutes to puni% /roll+ 
play actors1 play]s on  fiddles1        
di/urb]s ( ! public consci5ce1 p]sons :o
 dance  wantonly1 blasphem]s1 & 9 ,engl&
 !re 71 9 ! ye> #ahjj1  ?irty-sev5      
(f5ses t 7 legally puni%able by dea?4   
,:at  expression is "r & :at is n1 is   

simply a matt] ( op9ion4 ,"o  religi\s  
d5om9ation t n[ exi/s does n all[ s++2  
in/rum5tal music has be5 to "s a rock ( 
(f5se1 excit+ !  _s ?r\gh ! s5se ( he>+1
 to improp] ?\ghts--?r\gh !  lascivi\s  
pleas+ ( ! lute2 o!rs ?9k danc+ wick$1  
:ile a  few all[ pipe-organ music1 b    
draw ! l9e at ! viol92 :ile /ill  o!rs  
use a :ole or*e/ra 9 _! religi\s s]vice4
 ,"s !re be  :o reg>d pictures z        
implem5ts ( idolatry2 :ile !            
,hook-&-,eye  ,bapti/s look ^u buttons z
 immoral4    ,/range evolutions are (t5 
witness$ )9 ! life ( "o  individual4 ,= 
in/ance1 ,leo ,tol/oy1 a great & good   
man1 at "o "t  a s5suali/1 has n[ turn$ 
ascetic2 a common evolution 9 ! lives ( 
! sa9ts4 ,b excell5t z ?is man is1 !re  
is yet a grave  imp]fection 9 8 cosmos  
:i* to a degree vitiates ! tru? he      
desires to tea*3 he leaves ! elem5t (   
beauty out ( 8 =mula4  ,n c>+ = h>mony z
 set =? 9 color1 =m & sweet s\nds1 he   
is q will+ to d5y all o!rs ^! ?+s :i*   
m9i/] to  _! well-be+4 ,!re is 9 mo/    

s\ls a hung] = beauty1 j z  !re is      
physical hung]4 ,beauty speaks to _!    
spirits ?r\gh !  s5ses2 b ,tol/oy w\ld h
 y\r h\se b>r5 to ! v]ge (  h>d%ip4 ,my 
v5]ation = ,c\nt ,tol/oy is pr(\nd1 yet 
,i m5tion him  "h to %[ ! grave dang] t 
lies 9 all[+ any man1 ev5 "o (  ! wise/ 
( m51 to dictate to u :at is be/4 ,we   
ourselves are !  bett] judges4 ,mo/ ( ! 
frightful cruelties inflict$ on m5 dur+ 
! pa/ h aris5 simply out ( a diff]5ce ( 
op9ion t arose  ?r\gh a diff]5ce 9      
temp]am5t4 ,! "q is z alive to-day z  x 
0 two ?\s& ye>s ago--:at expression is  
be/8 ,t is1 :at  %all we d to be sav$8  
,& concrete absurdity consi/s 9 say+ t  
we mu/ all d ! same ?+4 ,:e!r ! race w  
ev] gr[ to a  po9t :]e m5 w be will+ to 
leave ! matt] ( life-expression  to !   
individual is a "q2 b ! mill5nium w nev]
 arrive  until m5 cease try+ to compel  
all o!r m5 to live aft]  "o patt]n4     
,mo/ p are anxi\s to d :at is be/ =     
!mselves & lea/  h>mful = o!rs4 ,!      
av]age man n[ has intellig5ce en\gh3    

,utopia  is n f> (f1 if ! self-appo9t$  
folk :o rule u1 & tea* u =  a           
consid]ation1 w\ld only be will+ to d   
unto o!rs z !y w\ld  be done by1 t is to
 say1 m9d _! own bus9ess & cease covet+ 
?+s t belong to o!r p4 ,w> among nations
 & /rife among  individuals is a result 
( ! covet\s _s to possess4    ,a little 
m pati5ce1 a little m *>ity = all1 a    
little m  love2 ) less b[+ d[n to ! pa/1
 & ! sil5t ignor+ (  pret5d$ au?ority2 a
 brave look+ =w>d to ! future1 ) m      
self-confid5ce & m fai? 9 our fell[ m51 
& ! race w be  ripe = a great bur/ (    
life & light4    ,illu/ration        ,"t
 & ,*ance    ,z ! subject is some:at    
complex1 ,i w h to expla9 x to y4  ,!   
fir/ po9t is t !re is n s v mu* diff]5ce
 9 !  intellig5ce ( p aft] all4 ,! great
 man is n s great z folks  ?9k1 & ! dull
 man is n q s /upid z he seems4 ,!      
diff]5ce 9 our e/imates ( m5 lies 9 !   
fact t "o individual  is able to get 8  
goods into ! %[-w9d[1 & ! o!r is n  aw>e
 t he has any %[-w9d[ or any goods4     

,! s\l kn[s all ?+s1 & k is only a      
rememb]+1 says  ,em]son4    ,?is seems a
 v broad /atem5t2 & yet ! fact rema9s t 
!  va/ majority ( m5 "k a ?\s& times z  
mu* z !y are aw>e (4  ,f> d[n 9 ! sil5t 
dep?s ( subconsci\sness lie myriads (   
tru?s1  ea* await+ a "t :5 its own] %all
 call x =?4 ,to utilize  ^! /or$-up     
?\ghts1 y mu/ express !m to o!rs2 & to  
be  able to express !m well y\r s\l has 
to so> into ?is subconsci\s  realm :]e y
 h ca*$ ^! net results ( exp]i5ce4 ,9   
o!r  words1 y mu/ come out--get out (   
self--away f  self-consci\sness1 into ! 
region ( p>tial oblivion--away f !      
b\nd>ies ( "t & ! limitations ( space4  
,! great pa9t]  =gets all 9 ! pres5ce ( 
8 canvas2 ! writ] is oblivi\s to  8     
surr\nd+s2 ! s+] floats away on ! w+s ( 
melody 7&  c>ries ! audi5ce ) h]72 !    
orator p\rs out 8 s\l = an  h\r1 & x    
seems to him z if b>ely five m9utes _h  
pass$1 s rapt  is he 9 8 exalt$ !me4 ,:5
 y rea* ! heights ( sublimity &  are    
express+ y\r highe/ & be/1 y are 9 a    

p>tial trance  condition4 ,& all m5 :o  
ent] ?is condition surprise !mselves by 
! quantity ( k & ! ext5t ( insight !y   
possess4 ,&  "s go+ a little deep] ?an  
o!rs into ?is trance condition1 &  hav+ 
no k ( ! miracul\s /or+ up ( tru? 9 !   
subconsci\s cells1 jump to ! conclusion 
t _! intellig5ce is  guid$ by a _s n    
!irs4 ,:5 "o rea*es ?is conclusion he   
beg9s to )] at ! top1 = he relies on !  
dead1 & ceases to  fe$ ! well-spr+s ( 8 
subconsci\s self4    ,! m9d is a dual   
affair--objective & subjective4 ,!      
objective m9d  sees all1 he>s all1      
reasons ?+s out4 ,! subjective m9d /ores
 up  & only gives out :5 ! objective m9d
 sleeps4 ,& z few m5 ev]  cultivate !   
absorb$1 reflective or semi-trance /ate1
 :]e !  objective m9d re/s1 !y nev]     
really call on _! subconsci\s  treasury 
= its /ores4 ,!y are always             
self-consci\s4    ,a man 9 comm]ce1 :]e 
m5 prey on _! k9d1 mu/ be alive & al]t  
to :at is go+ on1 or :ile he dreams1 8  
competitor w seize ^u  8 bir?right4 ,& s

 y see :y poets are poor & arti/s (t5   
beg4    ,& ! summ+ up ( ?is s]monette is
 t all m5 are equally ri*1  only "s ?ru 
fate are able to mu/] _! m5tal legions  
on !  pla9s ( _! be+ & c\nt !m1 :ile    
o!rs are nev] able to  d s4    ,b :at   
?9k y is necess>y be=e a p]son c come   
into full  possession ( 8 subconsci\s   
treasures8 ,well1 ,i'll tell y3 ,x is n 
ease1 nor prosp]ity1 nor requit$ love1  
nor worldly security--n  ^!4    ,y s+   
well1 said ! ma/]1 impati5tly1 to 8 be/ 
pupil1 b  y w nev] s+ div9ely until y h 
giv5 y\r all = love1  & !n be5 neglect$ 
& reject$1 & scorn$ & beat51 & left  =  
dead4 ,!n1 if y d n exactly die1 y w    
come back1 & :5  ! _w he>s y\r voice x w
 mi/ake y = an angel & fall at  y\r     
feet4    ,& ! moral is1 t z long z y are
 satisfi$ & com=table1 y  use only !    
objective m9d & live 9 ! _w ( s5se4 ,b  
let love  be torn f y\r grasp & flee z a
 %ad[--liv+ only z a memory 9  a haunt+ 
s5se ( loss2 let dea? come & ! sky %ut  
d[n ov] less  wor? 9 ! _w2 or /upid     

misund]/&+ & cru%+ defeat gr9d  y into !
 du/1 !n y may arise1 =gett+ "t & space 
&  self1 & take refuge 9 mansions n made
 ) h&s2 & f9d a  c]ta9 sad1 sweet       
satisfaction 9 ! contemplation (        
treasures /or$  up :]e mo? & ru/ d n    
corrupt1 & :]e ?ieves d n break  ?r\gh &
 /eal4    ,& ?us look+ out into !       
,et]nal1 y entirely =get ! pres5t  & g  
=? into ! ,l& ( ,subconsci\sness--! ,l& 
( ,_s1  :]e yet dwell ! gods ( anci5t & 
innoc5t days8 ,is x wor?  ! co/8        
,psy*ology ( a ,religi\s ,revival       
,travel+ to & fro ov] ! l& & up & d[n 9 
x are m5 :o  manage /reet-fairs4    ,let
 x be kn[n t a /reet-fair or ,m>di ,gras
 is nev] a spontane\s  expression ( !   
c>nival _s on ! "p ( ! t[nspeople4 ,^!  
fe/ivals are a bus9ess--c>efully plann$1
 well adv]tis$ & c>ri$  out ) mu*       
a/ut5ess4    ,! m5 :o manage /reet-fairs
 s5d advance ag5ts1 to make  arrangem5ts
 ) ! local m]*ants ( ! place--^! secure 
!  legal p]mits t are necess>y4    ,a   
week is set ap>t = ! c>nival1 mu*       

adv]tis+ is done1 !  newspap]s1 reflect+
 ! w ( ! _m1 devote pages to !  wond]ful
 ?+s t w happ54 ,! %[s arrive--! t\t]s1 
!  spiel]s1 ! cl[ns1 ! tumbl]s1 ! girls 
9 tights1 ! s+]s6  ,! b&s play--!       
c>nival is on6 ,! object ( ! fair is to 
boom  ! bus9ess ( ! t[n4 ,! object ( !  
pr(essional manag]s ( !  fair is to make
 money = !mselves1 & ?is !y d ?ru !     
gu>anty ( ! m]*ants1 or a p]c5tage on   
concessions1 or bo?4    ,i am told t no 
t[n ^: bus9ess is on an absolutely safe 
&  secure foot+ ev] resorts to a        
/reet-fair4 ,! /reet-fair comes 9  :5 a 
rival t[n seems to be gett+ m ?an its   
%>e ( ! trade4  ,:5 ! bus9ess (         
,skaneateles is drift+ to ,wat]loo1 !n  
,skaneateles succumbs to a /reet-fair4  
,sanitation1 sew]age1 good wat] supply1 
& s*oolh\ses & pav$  /reets are n !     
result ( ?r[+ confetti1 toot+ t9 horns &
  waiv+ ! curfew law4    ,:e!r comm]ce  
is effectually help$ by ! /reet-fair1 or
 a t[n  assi/$ to get on a firm f9ancial
 basis ?r\gh ! m9i/ry ( !  tom-tom1 is a

 problem4 ,i leave ! "q ) /ud5ts (      
political  economy & pass on to a local 
condition :i* is n a !ory4 ,!  religi\s 
revivals t h rec5tly be5 conduct$ 9     
v>i\s p>ts (  ! c\ntry 7 mo/ c>efully   
plann$ bus9ess s*emes4 ,"o ,f4 ,wilbur  
,*apman & 8 corps ( well-tra9$          
associates may be tak5 z a type  ( !    
individuals :o "w up local religi\s     
excitem5t = a  consid]ation4            
,religi\s revivals are manag$ v mu* z   
are /reet-fairs4 ,if  religion is gett+ 
at a l[ ebb 9 y\r t[n1 y c hire ,*apman1
 !  revivali/1 j z y c secure ! s]vices 
( ,f>ley1 !  /rike-break]4 ,*apman & 8  
help]s g f t[n to t[n & f  city to city 
& "w up ?is excitation z a bus9ess4 ,!y 
are paid  = _! s]vices a ?\s& doll>s a  
week1 or d[n to :at !y c  get f         
collections4 ,sometimes !y "w on a      
gu>anty1 & at o!r  times on a p]c5tage  
or cont+5t fee1 or bo?4    ,t[ns        
especially 9 ne$ ( ,mr4 ,*apman's       
assi/ance w please s5d  = circul>s1 t]ms
 & te/imonials4 ,no s\ls sav$--no pay4  

,! basic elem5t ( ! revival is          
hypnotism4 ,! s*eme ( br++  ab\t !      
hypnosis1 or ! obfuscation ( !          
intellect1 has tak5  g5]ations to       
c>efully p]fect4 ,! plan is fir/ to     
depress !  _s to a po9t :]e ! subject is
 incapable ( indep5d5t ?\ght4  ,m\rnful 
music1 a monoton\s voice ( woe1 te>ful  
appeals to ,god1  dre>y groans1 ! :ole  
m+l$ ) pi\s ejaculations1 all t5d to    
produce a t]rify+ effect ^u ! auditor4  
,! ?\ght ( ,god's  displeasure is       
con/antly dwelt ^u--! idea ( guilt1 dea?
 &  et]nal torm5t4 ,if ! victims c be   
made to indulge 9 hy/]ical  laught]     
occasionally1 ! control is bett] br\ght 
ab\t4 ,no *ance is  all[$ = repose1     
poise or sane consid]ation4 ,:5 ! "t    
seems  ripe a g5]al promise ( joy is    
made & ! music takes an adagio  turn4 ,!
 speak]'s voice n[ tells ( triumph--(f]s
 ( =giv5ess  are t5d]$1 & !n ! promise (
 et]nal life4    ,! f9al int5t is to get
 ! victim on 8 feet & make him come     
=w>d & ackn[l$ge ! feti*4 ,?is once done

 ! conv]t f9ds  himself among pleasant  
companions4 ,8 social /ation is         
improv$--p %ake h&s ) him & solicit\sly 
ask aft] 8  welf>e4 ,8 approbativ5ess is
 appeal$ to--8 position is n[ "o (      
importance4 ,& moreov]1 he is giv5 to   
und]/& 9 _m subtile ways  t z he w be   
damn$ 9 ano!r _w if he does n acquiesce 
9  ! feti*1 s also w he be damn$        
f9ancially & socially "h if  he does n  
jo9 ! *ur*4 ,! int5t 9 e ,*ri/ian       
community is  to boycott & make a social
 outca/ ( ! indep5d5t ?9k]4 ,!  feti*   
furni%es excuse = ! hypnotic processes4 
,)\t assum+ a  p]sonal ,god :o c be     
appeas$1 et]nal damnation & !           
proposition  t y c w9 et]nal life by    
believ+ a my?1 !re is no sane  reason = 
! absurd hypnotic =mulas4    ,we are    
heirs to ! pa/1 its good & ill1 & we all
 h a t\* (  sup]/ition1 l a syphilitic  
ta9t4 ,to eradicate ?is tyranny ( fe>  &
 get ! cr+e & crawl out ( our natures1  
seems ! "o desirable  ?+ to l(ty m9ds4  
,b ! revivali/1 kn[+ human nature1 z all

  confid5ce m5 d1 banks on our          
sup]/iti\s fe>s & makes 8 appeal  to our
 acquisitiv5ess1 (f]+ u absolution &    
life et]nal = a  consid]ation--to cov]  
exp5ses4 ,z long z m5 are paid honors & 
money1 c we> good clo!s1 & be immune f  
"w = prea*+  sup]/ition1 !y w prea* x4  
,! hope ( ! _w lies 9  )hold+ supplies f
 ! pi\s m5dicants :o seek to hold our   
m9ds 9 ?rall4    ,?is idea ( a div9e    
bankrupt c\rt :]e y c get =giv5ess by   
pay+ t5 c5ts on ! doll>1 ) ! gu>anty (  
becom+ a w+$  paup] ( ! skies1 is n     
allur+ except+ to a man :o has be5  well
 sc>$4 ,advance ag5ts pave ! way =      
revivali/s by arrang+  details ) ! local
 or?odox cl]gy4 ,univ]sali/s1           
,unit>ians1  ,*ri/ian ,sci5ti/s &       
,befaymillites are all /udi\sly avoid$4 
,!  object is to fill deplet$ pews (    
or?odox ,prote/ant *ur*es--^!  pay !    
freight1 & to ! victor belong ! spoils4 
,! plot & plan  is to /amp$e into ! p5 (
 or?odoxy ! intellectual  unw>y--*ildr5 
& neurotic gr[n-ups4 ,! cap-&-bells     

elem5t is  l>gely repres5t$ 9 ,*apman's 
select company ( ,g]man-,am]ican  tal5t3
 ! confetti ( fooli%ness is ?r[n at     
u--we dodge1 laugh1  li/5 & no "o has "t
 to ?9k1 weigh1 sift or analyze4 ,!re   
are  ! boom ( rhetoric1 ! crack (       
confession1 ! int]sp]s$  rebel-yell (   
triumph1 ! groans ( despair1 ! cries (  
victory4 ,!n  come songs by paid s+]s1 !
 peal+ ( ! organ--rise & s+1  kneel &   
pray1 entreaty1 condemnation1 mis]y1    
te>s1 ?reats1 promise1  joy1 happ9ess1  
heav51 et]nal bliss1 decide n[--n a     
mom5t is to be  lo/1 :oop-la y'll be a  
long "t 9 hell6    ,all ?is :irl is a   
c>efully prep>$ plan1 work$ out by exp]t
  flim-flamm]s to addle ! reason1       
scramble intellect & make ( m5  drool+  
d]elicts4    ,:at =8    ,i'll tell y--t 
,doctor ,*apman & 8 pr(essional root]s  
may roll  9 *eap honors1 be immune f all
 useful labor & wax fat on ! pay  ( ^?  
:o "w4 ,second1 t ! or?odox *ur*es may n
 advance  into work%ops & s*oolh\ses1 b 
may rema9 =ev] ! home ( a  sup]/ition4  

,"o w\ld ?9k t ! promise ( mak+ a p]son 
exempt  f ! results ( 8 own misde$s1    
w\ld turn ! man ( bra9s f  ^! religi\s  
%ell-m5 9 disgu/4 ,b "u _! hypnotic     
spell1  ! m9ds ( _m seem to suff] an    
obsession1 & !y are caught 9  ! swirl ( 
fooli% feel+1 l a groc]'s cl]k 9 ! h&s (
 a  mesm]i/4    ,at ,nor?field1         
,massa*usetts1 is a college at :i* m5   
are taught &  tra9$1 j z m5 are drill$  
at a ,tonsorial ,college1 9 e phase  (  
?is pleas+ episcopopography4    ,!re is 
a good fell[ by ! sugge/ive "n ( ,sunday
 :o works !  religi\s graft4 ,sunday is 
! :irl+ d]vi% up to date4 ,he &  ,*apman
 & _! capp]s purposely avoid any trace (
 ! ecclesia/ic  9 _! attire4 ,!y dress l
 drumm]s--tr\s]s c>efully creas$1  two  
wat*-*a9s & a w>m ve/4 ,_! mann] is free
 & easy1 _!  attitude famili>4 ,! way !y
 address ! ,almighty reveals t _!       
rev]5ce = ,him spr+s out ( ! supposition
 t ,he is v mu*  l !mselves4    ,!      
indelicacy ( ! revivali/s :o rec5tly    
call$ meet+s to pray  = ,fay ,mills1 0  

%[n 9 _! ard5t supplications to ,god t  
,he  %\ld make ,mills to be l !m4 ,fay  
,mills tells ( ! be/ way to  use ?is    
life "h & n[4 ,he does n prophesy :at w 
become ( y  if y d n accept 8 belief1   
nei!r does he promise ev]la/+  life z a 
rew>d = ?9k+ z he does4 ,he realizes t  
he has n  ! ag5cy ( ev]la/+ life4 ,fay  
,mills is m int]e/$ 9 hav+ a  s\l t is  
wor? sav+ ?an 9 sav+ a s\l t isn't4     
,*apman  talks ab\t lo/ s\ls z he might 
ab\t coll> buttons lo/ "u a  bureau1 j z
 if ,god ev] misplac$ any?+1 or t all   
s\ls 7  n ,god's s\ls1 & !re=e =ev] 9 ,8
 keep+4    ,doctor ,*apman wants all m5 
to act alike & believe alike1 n  realiz+
 t progress is ! result ( individuality1
 & s long z a  man ?9ks1 :e!r he is "r  
or wrong1 he is mak+ head4 ,nei!r  does 
he realize t wrong ?9k+ is bett] ?an no 
?9k+ at all1  & t ! only damnation      
consi/s 9 ceas+ to ?9k1 & accept+  !    
conclusions ( ano!r4 ,f9al tru?s & f9al 
conclusions are  :olly un?9kable to     
s5sible p 9 _! sane mom5ts1 b ^!        

revivali/s wi% to sum up tru? = all "t &
 put _! lead5  seal ^u x4    ,9 ,los    
,angeles is a prea*] by ! "n (          
,mc,intyre1 a type ( !  blatant         
,bell>m9e :o exil$ ,galileo--a man :o   
nev] d\bts 8 own  infallibility1 :o     
talks l an oracle & cont9ually tells (  
p]dition = all :o disagree ) him4       
,ne$less to say t ,mc,intyre lacks      
humor4 ,p]sonally1 ,i pref] !           
,mc,gregors1 b 9 ,los ,angeles !        
,mc,intyres are popul>4 ,x 0 ,mc,intyre 
:o call$ a meet+ to pray = ,fay ,mills1 
& 9 propos+ ! meet+  ,mc,intyre made !  
unblu%+ ann\ncem5t t he _h nev] met     
,mills  nor he>d him speak1 nor _h he   
read "o ( 8 books4    ,*apman &         
,mc,intyre repres5t ! mod]n types (     
,ph>iseeism--spiel]s & sp\t]s =         
*ur*ianity1 & su* are !  m5 :o make     
sup]/ition ( s long life4 ,sup]/ition is
 ! "o  ,infamy--,voltaire 0 "r4 ,to     
pret5d to believe a ?+ at :i* y\r       
reason revolts--to /ultify y\r          
intellect--?is1 if x exi/s at all1  is !

 unp>donable s94 ,^! muftis prea* !     
blood ( ,jesus1 !  dogma t man )\t a    
belief 9 miracles is et]nally lo/1 t    
ev]la/+ life dep5ds ^u ackn[l$g+ ?is1 t 
or ! o!r4  ,self-reliance1 self-control 
& self-respect are ! ?ree ?+s t  make a 
man a man4    ,b man has s rec5tly tak5 
on ?is ability to ?9k1 t he has n  yet  
gott5 us$ to h&l+ x4 ,! tool is cumbr\s 
9 8 h&s4 ,he is  afraid ( x--?is "o     
*>act]i/ic t diff]5tiates him f !  l[]  
animals--s he abdicates & turns 8 div9e 
bir?right ov] to a  syndicate4 ,?is     
comb9ation call$ a *ur* agrees to take  
c>e ( 8  d\bts & fe>s & d 8 ?9k+ = him1 
& to help matt]s along  he is assur$ t  
he is n fit to ?9k = himself1 & to d s  
w\ld be a s94 ,man1 9 8 pres5t crude    
/ate1 holds some:at !  same attitude    
t[>d reason t an ,apa*e ,indian holds   
t[>d a  cam]a--! ,indian ?9ks t to h 8  
picture tak5 means t he  w %rivel up &  
bl[ away 9 a mon?4 ,& ,/anley relates t 
a  wat* ) its con/ant tick+ s5t ! brave/
 ( ,congo *iefs into a  cold sweat (    

agoniz+ fe>2 on discov]+ :i*1 ! explor] 
_h b  to draw 8 ,wat]bury & ?reat5 to   
turn ! :ole bun* into  crocodiles1 & at 
once !y got busy & did 8 bidd+4 ,/anley 
exhibit$ ! true ,nor?field-revival      
quality 9 bank+ on !  sup]/ition ( 8    
wav]+ & fright5$ foll[]s4    ,! revival 
meet9' is an orgie ( ! s\l1 a spiritual 
debau*--a  dropp+ f sane & s5sible      
control into eroticism4 ,no p]son (     
normal intellig5ce c af=d to ?r[ ! re9s 
( reason on ! neck  ( emotion & ride a  
,tam ,o',%ant] race to ,b$lam4 ,?is     
hy/]ia ( !  uncurb$ feel+s is ! only    
blasphemy1 & if !re 7 a p]sonal  ,god1  
,he surely w\ld be griev$ to see t we h 
s absurd an idea (  ,him1 z to imag9e   
,he w\ld be pleas$ ) our deport+ ! div9e
  gift ( reason into ! hell-box4        
,revivalism works up ! voltage1 !n makes
 no use ( ! curr5t--!  wire is gr\nd$4  
,let any "o ( ^! revivali/s write out 8 
s]mons  & pr9t !m 9 a book1 & no sane   
man c\ld read !m )\t dang]  ( p>esis4 ,!
 book w\ld lack syn!sis1 defy analysis1 

puzzle !  bra9 & p>alyze ! w4 ,!re w\ld 
n be en\gh attic salt 9 x  to save x4 ,x
 w\ld be ! sup]naculum ( ! commonplace1 
& prove  ! au?or to be ! lobsc\se (     
lit]ature1 ! loblolly ( lett]s4  ,!     
*ur*es want to enroll memb]s1 & s       
desp]ate is ! situation  t !y are will+ 
to get !m at ! price ( self-respect4    
,h5ce  come ,sunday1 ,monday1 ,tuesday &
 ,*apman1 & play ,sv5gali to our        
,trilby4 ,^! g5tlem5 use ! me?ods & !   
tricks ( !  auctione]--! bl&i%m5ts ( !  
bookmak]--! sleek1 smoo? ways  ( !      
pr(essional spiel]4    ,) ?is tr\pe (   
,*ri/ian cl[ns is "o ,*aeff]1 :o is a   
speciali/ ) *ildr54 ,he has meet+s =    
boys & girls only1 :]e  he plays tricks1
 grimaces1 tells /ories & gets 8 little 
he>]s  laugh+1 & ?us hav+ f\nd an       
entrance into _! he>ts1 he  sudd5ly     
rev]ses ! lev]1 & has !m cry+4 ,he talks
 to ^!  little innoc5ts ab\t s91 ! wra? 
( ,god1 ! dea? ( ,*ri/1 &  (f]s !m a    
*oice betwe5 ev]la/+ life & et]nal dea?4
 ,to !  p]son :o kn[s & loves *ildr5--:o

 has /udi$ ! g5tle ways (  ,froebel--?is
 excitem5t is vici\s1 concrete cruelty4 
,weak5$ vitality  foll[s close ^u       
ov]wr\ght n]ves1 & e excess has its     
p5alty--! p5dulum sw+s z f> ?is way z x 
does t4    ,^! rev]5d g5tlem5 bray x    
into ! e>s ( innoc5t little  *ildr5 t !y
 7 born 9 iniquity1 & 9 s9 did _! mo!rs 
conceive !m2 t ! s\ls ( all *ildr5 ov]  
n9e ye>s 7:y  n9e87 are lo/1 & ! only   
way !y c hope = heav5 is ?r\gh a  belief
 9 a b>b>ic blood bamboozle1 t m5 (     
intellig5ce h long  s9ce disc>d$4 ,& all
 ?is 9 ! "n ( ! g5tle ,*ri/1 :o took    
little *ildr5 9 8 arms & said1 ,( su* is
 ! ,k+dom  ( ,heav54    ,?is pagan      
proposition ( be+ born 9 s9 is pollution
 to ! m9d (  a *ild1 & causes mis]y1    
unre/ & he>ta*e incomputable4 ,a few    
ye>s ago we 7 congratulat+ ourselves t !
 devil at la/ 0  dead1 & t ! te>s ( pity
 _h put out ! fires ( hell1 b !  s]p5t (
 sup]/ition 0 only slightly scot*$1 n   
kill$4    ,! int5t ( ! religi\s revival 
is dual3 fir/1 ! claim is t  conv]sion  

makes m5 lead bett] lives2 second1 x    
saves _! s\ls  f endless dea? or ev]la/+
 hell4    ,to make m5 lead beautiful    
lives is excell5t1 b ! ,rev]5d ,doctor  
,*apman1 nor any ( 8 colleagues1 nor !  
d5om9ations t !y  repres5t1 w = an      
in/ant admit t ! fact ( a man liv+ a    
beautiful life w save 8 s\l alive ,9    
fact1 ,doctor ,*apman1 ,doctor  ,torrey 
& ,doctor ,sunday1 back$ by ! ,rev]5d   
,doctor ,mc,intyre1  repeat$ly w>n _!   
he>]s ( ! dang] ( a morality t is n     
accompani$ by a belief 9 ! blood (      
,jesus4    ,s ! beautiful life !y talk (
 is ! bait t cov]s ! hook =  gudgeons4  
,y h to accept ! sup]/ition1 or y\r     
beautiful life to  !m is a byword & a   
hiss+4    ,h5ce1 to !m1 sup]/ition1 & n 
conduct1 is ! vital ?+4    ,if su* a    
belief is n fanaticism !n h ,i read     
,web/]'s  ,unabridg$ ,diction>y 9 va94  
,belief 9 sup]/ition makes no man  k9d]1
 g5tl]1 m useful to himself or society4 
,he c h all !  virtues )\t ! feti*1 & he
 may h ! feti* & all ! vices  beside4   

,morality is really n controll$ at all  
by religion--if  /ati/ics ( re=m s*ools 
& prisons are to be believ$4    ,fay    
,mills1 accord+ to ,rev]5d ,doctor      
,mc,intyre has all ! virtues--he  is    
=giv+1 k9d1 g5tle1 mode/1 helpful4 ,b   
,fay has ab&on$ !  feti*--h5ce          
,mc,intyre & ,*apman call ^u ! public to
 pray = ,fay  ,mills4 ,mills _h !       
virtues :5 he believ$ 9 ! feti*--& n[  t
 he has disav[$ ! feti*1 he /ill has !  
virtues1 & 9 a  degree he nev] be=e _h4 
,ev5 ^? :o oppose him admit ?is1 b  /ill
 !y decl>e t he is =ev] lo/4    ,rev]5d 
,doctor ,*aeff] says !re are two k9ds ( 
habits--good &  bad4    ,!re are also   
two k9ds ( religion1 good & bad4 ,!     
religion (  k9dness1 good *e]1          
helpfulness & useful ef=t is good4 ,& on
 ?is  po9t !re is no dispute--x is      
admitt$ ev]y:]e by e grade (  intellect4
 ,b any =m ( religion t incorporates a  
belief 9  miracles & o!r b>b>ic         
sup]/itions1 z a necessity to salvation1
  is n only bad1 b v bad4 ,& all m51 if 

left alone long en\gh to  ?9k1 "k t     
salvation dep5ds ^u r$emption f a belief
 9  miracles4 ,b ! int5t ( ,doctor      
,*apman & 8 !ological r\gh  rid]s is to 
/amp$e ! h]d & set x a mill+4 ,to rope !
  mav]icks & place ^u !m ! ,mc,intyre   
br& is !n q easy4    ,z = ! reaction & !
 clean+ up aft] ! c>nival1 our          
revivali/s are n conc]n$4 ,! confetti1  
collaps$ balloons &  peanut %ucks are ! 
net assets ( ! revival--& ^! are left = 
! local manag]s4    ,revivals are = !   
revivali/s1 & "s f9e morn+ ^! revival   
t[ns w arise1 rub _! sleepy eyes1 &     
,*apman w be b a bad  ta/e 9 ! m\?1 &   
,sunday1 ,*aeff]1 ,torrey1 ,bi$]wolf &  
,company1 a tr\bl$ dream4 ,to prea*     
hagiology to civiliz$ p is a  lapse t   
,nemesis w n ov]look4 ,am]ica /&s = !   
,tw5tie?  ,c5tury1 & if 9 a mom5t (     
weakness %e slips back to ! exub]ant    
folly ( ! fr5zi$ piety ( ! ,sixte5?1 %e 
mu/ pay ! p5alty4  ,two ?+s man w h to  
d--get free f ! bondage ( o!r m52  &    
second1 lib]ate himself f ! phantoms ( 8

 own m9d4 ,on  nei!r ( ^! po9ts does !  
revivali/ help or aid 9 any way4        
,eff]vesc5ce is n "* & e debau* mu/ be  
paid = 9  vitality & self-respect4      
,all =mal organiz$ religions ?r\gh :i* !
 promot]s & manag]s  ?rive are bad1 b "s
 are worse ?an o!rs4 ,! m sup]/ition a  
religion has1 ! worse x is4 ,usually    
religions are made up ( morality  &     
sup]/ition4 ,pure sup]/ition alone w\ld 
be revolt+--9 our day  x w\ld attract   
nobody--s ! idea is introduc$ t morality
 &  religion are insep>able4 ,i am aga9/
 ! m5 :o pret5d to believe  t e?ics )\t 
a feti* is va9 & useless4    ,! prea*]s 
:o prea* ! beauty ( tru?1 hone/y & a    
useful1  helpful life1 ,i am )1 head1   
he>t & h&4    ,! prea*]s :o decl>e t !re
 c be no su* ?+ z a beautiful  life     
unless x w accept sup]/ition1 ,i am     
aga9/1 too?1 claw1  club1 tongue & p54  
,d[n ) ! ,infamy6 ,i prophesy a day :5  
bus9ess & education w be synonym\s--:5  
comm]ce & college  w jo9 h&s--:5 !      
prep>ation = life w be to g to "w4    ,z

 long z trade 0 trick]y1 bus9ess b>t]1  
comm]ce f9esse1  gov]nm5t exploitation1 
slaught] honorable1 & murd] a f9e art2  
:5 religion 0 ignorant sup]/ition1 piety
 ! wor%ip ( a feti*  & education a clut*
 = honors1 !re 0 small hope = ! race4   
,"u ^! conditions ev]y?+ t5d$ t[>ds     
division1 dissipation1  dis9tegration1  
sep>ation--d>kness1 dea?4    ,b ) !     
supremacy ga9$ by sci5ce1 ! introduction
 ( !  "o-price sy/em 9 bus9ess1 & !     
gradually gr[+ conviction t  hone/y is  
man's mo/ valuable asset1 we behold     
light at ! end (  ! tunnel4    ,x only  
rema9s n[ = ! laity to drive conviction 
home ^u !  cl]gy1 & prove to !m t       
pret5ce has its p5alty1 & to br+ to  !  
m\rn]s' b5* t tr9ity ( (f5d]s1 some:at  
ironically  designat$ z ! ,?ree ,le>n$  
,pr(essions1 & mank9d w be well  out ^u 
! broad highway1 ! t[]+ domes ( ! ,ideal
 ,city  9 sight4        ,"o-,man ,p[]   
,e successful conc]n is ! result ( a    
,"o-,man ,p[]4 ,cop]ation1  te*nically1 
is an iridesc5t dream--?+s cop]ate      

because ! man  makes !m4 ,he cem5ts !m  
by 8 w4    ,b f9d ?is ,man1 & get 8     
confid5ce1 & 8 we>y eyes w look  into   
y\rs & ! cry ( 8 he>t %all e*o 9 y\r    
e>s4 ,o1 =  "s "o to help me be> ?is    
burd56    ,!n he w tell y ( 8 endless   
se>* = ,ability1 & ( 8  cont9ual        
disappo9tm5ts & ?w>t+s 9 try+ to get "s 
"o to  help himself by help+ him4       
,ability is ! "o cry+ ne$ ( ! h\r4 ,!   
banks are bulg+ )  money1 & ev]y:]e are 
m5 look+ = "w4 ,! h>ve/ is ripe4 ,b  !  
,ability to capta9 ! unemploy$ & utilize
 ! capital1 is  lack+--sadly lack+4 ,9 e
 city !re are _m five- &                
t5-?\s&-doll>-a-ye> positions to be     
fill$1 b ! only  applicants are m5 :o   
want jobs at fifte5 doll>s a week4 ,y\r 
man (  ,ability has a place already4    
,yes1 ,ability is a r>e article4    ,b  
!re is some?+ t is mu* sc>c]1 some?+ f9]
 f>1  some?+ r>] ?an ?is quality (      
,ability4    ,x is ! ability to         
recognize ,ability4    ,! /]ne/ comm5t t
 ev] c be made aga9/ employ]s z a class1

  lies 9 ! fact t m5 ( ,ability usually 
succe$ 9 %[+ _!  wor? 9 spite ( _!      
employ]1 & n ) 8 assi/ance &            
enc\ragem5t4    ,if y "k ! lives ( m5 ( 
,ability1 y "k t !y discov]$  _! p[]1   
almo/ )\t exception1 ?ru *ance or       
accid5t4 ,_h !  accid5t n occurr$ t made
 ! opportunity1 ! man w\ld h  rema9$    
unkn[n & practically lo/ to ! _w4 ,!    
exp]i5ce (  ,tom ,pott]1 telegraph      
op]ator at an obscure little way /ation1
 is  tru? pa9t$ l>ge4 ,t fe>ful night1  
:5 mo/ ( ! wires 7  d[n & a pass5g] tra9
 w5t ?r\gh ! bridge1 gave ,tom ,pott] ! 
opportunity ( discov]+ himself4 ,he took
 *>ge ( ! dead1 c>$  = ! w\nd$1 settl$  
fifty claims--draw+ drafts on !         
company--burn$ ! la/ ve/ige ( ! wreck1  
sunk ! wa/e iron 9  ! riv] & repair$ !  
bridge be=e ! arrival ( !  ,sup]9t5d5t  
on ! spot4    ,:o gave y ! au?ority to d
 all ?is8 dem&$ !  ,sup]9t5d5t4         
,nobody1 repli$ ,tom1 ,i assum$ !       
au?ority4    ,! next mon? ,tom ,pott]'s 
sal>y 0 five ?\s& doll>s a ye>1 &  9    

?ree ye>s he 0 mak+ t5 times ?is1 simply
 because he c\ld get  o!r m5 to d ?+s4  
,:y wait = an accid5t to discov] ,tom   
,pott]8 ,let u set traps =  ,tom ,pott]1
 & lie 9 wait = him4 ,p]haps ,tom ,pott]
 is j ar\nd  ! corn]1 across ! /reet1 9 
! next room1 or at our elb[4  ,myriads (
 embryonic ,tom ,pott]s await discov]y &
 developm5t if we  b look = !m4    ,i "k
 a man :o roam$ ! woods & fields = ?irty
 ye>s & nev]  f\nd an ,indian arr[4 ,"o 
day he began to ?9k arr[1 & /epp+  out (
 8 doorway he pick$ "o up4 ,s9ce !n he  
has collect$ a  bu%el ( !m4    ,suppose 
we cease wail+ ab\t incompet5ce1 sleepy 
indiff]5ce &  slip%od help t wat*es !   
clock4 ,^! ?+s exi/--let u  dispose ( ! 
subject by admitt+ x1 & !n emphasize !  
fact t  freckl$ f>m] boys come out ( !  
,we/ & ,ea/ & (t5 g to !  front & d ?+s 
9 a ma/]ly way4 ,!re is "o "n t /&s out 
9 hi/ory l a beacon light aft] all ^!   
tw5ty-five hundr$ ye>s  h pass$1 j      
because ! man _h ! sublime g5ius (      
discov]+  ,ability4 ,t man is ,p]icles4 

,p]icles made ,a!ns4    ,& to-day ! v   
du/ ( ! /reets ( ,a!ns is be+ sift$ &   
se>*$ = relics & remnants ( ! ?+s made  
by p :o 7  capta9$ by m5 ( ,ability :o 7
 discov]$ by ,p]icles4    ,!re is v     
little competition 9 ?is l9e ( discov]+ 
,ability4 ,we  sit d[n & wail because   
,ability does n come our way4 ,let u ?9k
  ,ability1 & possibly we c jo/le       
,p]icles !re on 8 p$e/al1  :]e he has   
/ood = ov] a score ( c5turies--! man ) a
 supreme  g5ius = recogniz+ ,ability4   
,hail to !e1 ,p]icles1 & hail to  !e1   
,great ,unkn[n1 :o %all be ! fir/ to    
successfully imitate ?is  capta9 ( m54  
,m5tal ,attitude    ,success is 9 !     
blood4 ,!re are m5 :om fate c nev] keep 
d[n--!y m>* =w>d 9 a jaunty mann]1 &    
take by div9e "r  ! be/ ( ev]y?+ t ! e>?
 af=ds4 ,b _! success is n  atta9$ by   
means ( ! ,samuel ,smiles-,connecticut  
policy4 ,!y d n  lie 9 wait1 nor s*eme1 
nor fawn1 nor seek to adapt _! sails to 
cat* ! breeze ( popul> favor4 ,/ill1 !y 
are ev] al]t & alive  to any good t may 

come _! way1 & :5 x comes !y simply     
appropriate x1 & t>ry+ n1 move /eadily  
on4    ,good heal?6 ,:5ev] y g out (    
doors1 draw ! *9 91 c>ry !  cr[n ( !    
head high1 & fill ! lungs to ! utmo/2   
dr9k 9 !  sun%9e2 greet y\r fri5ds ) a  
smile1 & put s\l into e  h&-clasp4    ,d
 n fe> be+ misund]/ood2 & nev] wa/e a   
mom5t ?9k+ ab\t  y\r enemies4 ,try to   
fix firmly 9 y\r own m9d :at y w\ld l to
  d1 & !n )\t viol5ce ( direction y w   
move /raight to  ! goal4    ,fe> is !   
rock on :i* we split1 & hate ! %oal on  
:i* _m a  b>que is /r&$4 ,:5 we become  
fe>ful1 ! judgm5t is z  unreliable z !  
compass ( a %ip ^: hold is full ( iron  
ore2 :5  we hate1 we h un%ipp$ ! rudd]2 
& if ev] we /op to m$itate  on :at !    
gossips say1 we h all[$ a haws] to f\l !
 screw4    ,keep y\r m9d on ! great &   
spl5did ?+ y w\ld l to d2 &  !n1 z !    
days g glid+ by1 y w f9d y\rself        
unconsci\sly  seiz+ ! opportunities t   
are requir$ = ! fulfillm5t ( y\r        
desire1 j z ! coral insect takes f !    

runn+ tide !  elem5ts t x ne$s4 ,picture
 9 y\r m9d ! able1 e>ne/1 useful  p]son 
y desire to be1 & ! ?\ght t y hold is   
h\rly  trans=m+ y into t p>ticul>       
individual y s admire4    ,?\ght is     
supreme1 & to ?9k is (t5 bett] ?an to d4
    ,pres]ve a "r m5tal attitude--!     
attitude ( c\rage1 frankness &  good    
*e]4    ,d>w9 & ,sp5c] h told u t ?is is
 ! me?od ( ,creation4  ,ea* animal has  
evolv$ ! p>ts x ne$$ & desir$4 ,! horse 
is  fleet because he wi%es to be2 ! bird
 flies because x desires to2 !  duck has
 a web foot because x wants to swim4    
,all ?+s come ?r\gh  desire & e s9c]e   
pray] is answ]$4 ,we become l t on  :i* 
our he>ts are fix$4    ,_m p "k ?is1 b  
!y d n "k x ?or\ghly en\gh s t  x %apes 
_! lives4 ,we want fri5ds1 s we s*eme & 
*ase 'cross  lots aft] /rong p1 & lie 9 
wait = good folks--or alleg$  good      
folks--hop+ to be able to atta*         
ourselves to !m4 ,! only way  to secure 
fri5ds is to be "o4 ,& be=e y are fit = 
fri5d%ip  y mu/ be able to d )\t x4 ,t  

is to say1 y mu/ h  suffici5t           
self-reliance to take c>e ( y\rself1 &  
!n out ( !  surplus ( y\r en]gy y c d = 
o!rs4    ,! individual :o craves        
fri5d%ip1 & yet desires a self-c5t]$  _s
 m1 w nev] lack = fri5ds4    ,if y w\ld 
h fri5ds1 cultivate solitude in/ead (   
society4 ,dr9k  9 ! ozone2 ba! 9 !      
sun%9e2 & out 9 ! sil5t night1 "u  !    
/>s1 say to y\rself aga9 & yet aga91 ,i 
am a "p ( all my  eyes behold6 ,& !     
feel+ !n w come to y t y are no  m]e    
int]lop] betwe5 e>? & heav52 b y are a  
necess>y "p  ( ! :ole4 ,no h>m c come to
 y t does n come to all1 & if  y %all g 
d[n x c only be amid a wreck ( worlds4  
,l old ,job1 t :i* we fe> w surely come 
^u u4 ,by a wrong  m5tal attitude we h  
set 9 motion a tra9 ( ev5ts t ends 9    
disa/]4 ,p :o die 9 middle life f       
disease1 almo/ )\t  exception1 are ^? :o
 h be5 prep>+ = dea?4 ,! acute tragic   
condition is simply ! result ( a *ronic 
/ate ( m9d--a culm9ation  ( a s]ies (   
ev5ts4    ,"* is ! result ( two ?+s1    

m5tal attitude1 & ! way we  sp5d our "t4
 ,x is :at we ?9k & :at we d t make u   
:at  we are4    ,by lay+ hold on ! =ces 
( ! univ]se1 y are /rong ) !m4  ,& :5 y 
realize ?is1 all else is easy1 = 9 y\r  
art]ies w  c\rse r$ corpuscles1 & 9 y\r 
he>t ! det]m9$ resolution is  born to d 
& to be4 ,c>ry y\r *9 9 & ! cr[n ( y\r  
head  high4 ,we are gods 9 ! *rysalis4  
,! ,outsid]    ,:5 ,i 0 a f>m] lad ,i   
notic$ t :5ev] we b\ght a new c[1 &     
turn$ h] into ! pa/ure ) ! h]d1 !re 0 a 
g5]al  incl9ation on ! "p ( ! re/ to    
make ! new c[ ?9k %e _h  l&$ 9 ! or?odox
 p]dition4 ,!y w\ld hook h] away f !    
salt1 *ase h] f ! wat]1 & ! long-horn$  
ones1 = sev]al  weeks1 w\ld lose no     
opportunity to give h] vigor\s digs1    
pokes  & prods4    ,) horses x 0 ! same4
 ,& ,i rememb] "o p>ticul> little black 
m>e t we boys us$ to transf] f "o pa/ure
 to ano!r1 j to  see h] back into a h]d 
( horses & he> h] ho(s play a res\nd+   
solo on _! ribs z !y ga!r$ r\nd to d h] 
mis*ief4    ,m5 are animals j z mu* z   

are c[s1 horses & pigs2 & !y  manife/   
simil> proclivities4 ,! introduction ( a
 new man into an  in/itution always     
causes a small panic ( res5tm5t1        
especially if he  be a p]son ( "s p[]4  
,ev5 9 s*ools & colleges ! new tea*]    
has to fight 8 way to ov]come !         
opposition he is c]ta9 to meet4    ,9 a 
lumb] camp1 ! newcom] w\ld d well to    
take ! initiative1  l t little black    
m>e1 & meet ! fir/ black look ) a       
%ort-arm jab4    ,b 9 a bank1 dep>tm5t  
/ore or railroad (fice ?is _c be4 ,s  ! 
next be/ ?+ is to endure1 & w9 out by an
 att5tion to  bus9ess to :i* ! place is 
unaccu/om$4 ,9 any ev5t1 ! bigg]  ! man1
 unless he has ! absolute p[] to ov]awe 
ev]y?+1 !  m uncom=table w be 8 position
 until gradually "t smoo?s !  way & new 
issues come up = criticism1 opposition &
 res5tm5t1 &  he is =gott54    ,! idea (
 ,civil ,s]vice ,re=m--promotion = !    
good m5 9 y\r  employ r ?an hir+ new    
ones = ! big places--is a rule :i*      
looks well on pap] b is a fatal policy  

if c>ri$ out to ! lett]4    ,! bus9ess t
 is n progressive is s[+ ! se$s ( its   
own  dissolution4 ,life is a movem5t    
=w>d1 & all ?+s 9 nature t  are n evolv+
 into some?+ bett] are prep>+ to return 
into  _! con/itu5t elem5ts4 ,"o g5]al   
rule = progress 9 big  bus9ess conc]ns  
is ! introduction ( new blood4 ,y mu/   
keep /ep  ) ! bus9ess _w4 ,if y lag     
beh9d1 ! outlaws t hang on !  flanks (  
comm]ce w cut y out & take y captive1 j 
z !  wolves lie 9 wait = ! sick c[ ( !  
pla9s4    ,to keep y\r columns m>*+ y   
mu/ introduce new me?ods1 new           
inspiration & seize ^u ! be/ t o!rs h   
inv5t$ or  discov]$4    ,! great        
railroads ( ,am]ica h evolv$ toge!r4 ,no
 "o ( !m has  an appliance or a me?od t 
is mu* beyond ! re/4 ,if x 7 n  = ?is   
int]*ange ( m5 & ideas "s railroads w\ld
 /ill be  us+ ! l9k & p91 & snake-heads 
w\ld be z common z 9 !  ye> #ahfi4    ,!
 railroad manag] :o kn[s 8 bus9ess is   
ev] on ! look\t =  excell5ce among 8 m51
 & he promotes ^? :o give an undivid$   

s]vice4 ,b besides ?is he hires a /rong 
man occasionally f !  outside & promotes
 him ov] ev]ybody4 ,!n out come !       
hamm]s6    ,b ?is makes b little        
diff]5ce to y\r compet5t manag]--if a   
place is to be fill$ & he has no "o on 8
 payroll big en\gh to  fill x1 he hires 
an outsid]4    ,t is "r & well = e "o   
conc]n$4 ,! new life ( _m a  firm dates 
f ! day !y hir$ a new man4              
,communities t int]m>ry raise a f9e crop
 ( scrubs1 & ! result  is ! same 9      
bus9ess v5tures4 ,two ( ,am]ica's l>ge/ 
publi%+  h\ses fail$ = a tidy sum ( five
 millions or s ea*1 a few ye>s  ago1 j  
?ru a dogg$ policy1 t ext5d$ ov] a p]iod
 ( fifty  ye>s1 ( promot+ c\s9s1 uncles 
& aunts ^: only claim (  effici5cy 0 t  
!y _h be5 on ! p5sion roll = a long "t4 
,?is way lies dry-rot4    ,if y are a   
bus9ess man1 & h a position (           
responsibility to be  fill$1 look       
c>efully among y\r old help]s = a man to
 promote4 ,b  if y hav5't a man big     
en\gh to fill ! place1 d n put 9 a      

little "o = ! sake ( peace4 ,g outside &
 f9d a man & hire  him--nev] m9d ! sal>y
 if he c man ! position--wages are      
always  relative to e>n+ p[]4 ,?is w be 
! only way y c really man  y\r %ip4     
,z = ,civil ,s]vice ,rules--rules are   
made to be brok54 ,& z = !  long-horn$  
ones :o w attempt to make life mis]able 
= y\r new  employe1 be pati5t ) !m4 ,x  
is ! privilege ( ev]ybody to d a        
reasonable am\nt ( kick+1 especially if 
! p]son has be5 a long  "t ) "o conc]n &
 has receiv$ _m b5efits4    ,b if at !  
la/1 wor/ comes to wor/1 d n =get t y   
y\rself are at ! head ( ! conc]n4 ,if x 
fails y get ! blame4  ,& %\ld ! anvil   
*orus become s p]si/5t t !re is dang] ( 
discord tak+ ! place ( h>mony1 /& by y\r
 new man1 ev5 ?o x  is necess>y to give 
! blue envelope to e ant$iluvian4       
,prec$5ce  9 bus9ess is a matt] ( p[]1 &
 ye>s 9 "o position may mean  t ! man   
has be5 !re s long t he ne$s a *ange4   
,let !  zephyrs ( natural law play      
freely ?ru y\r :isk]s4    ,s "h is !    

argum5t3 promote y\r des]v+ m51 b d n be
  afraid to hire a ke5 outsid]2 he helps
 ev]ybody1 ev5 ! kick]s1  = if y        
dis9tegrate & g d[n 9 defeat1 ! kick]s w
 h to  skirmi% ar\nd = new jobs anyway4 
,isn't t s8        ,get ,out or ,get 9  
,l9e    ,abraham ,l9coln's lett] to     
,hook]6 ,if all ! lett]s1 messages &    
spee*es ( ,l9coln 7 de/roy$1 except t "o
 lett] to ,hook]1 we  /ill w\ld h an    
excell5t index to ! he>t ( !            
,rail-,splitt]4    ,9 ?is lett] we see t
 ,l9coln rul$ 8 own _s2 & we also       
behold ! fact t he c\ld rule o!rs4 ,!   
lett] %[s wise  diplomacy1 frankness1   
k9dl9ess1 wit1 tact & inf9ite pati5ce4  
,hook] _h h>%ly & unju/ly criticis$     
,l9coln1 8 comm&] 9  *ief4 ,b ,l9coln   
waives all ?is 9 def]5ce to ! virtues he
  believes ,hook] possesses1 & promotes 
him to succe$ ,burnside4 ,9  o!r words1 
! man :o _h be5 wrong$ promotes ! man :o
 _h  wrong$ him1 ov] ! head ( a man :om 
! promotee _h wrong$ &  = :om ! promot] 
_h a w>m p]sonal fri5d%ip4    ,b all    

p]sonal consid]ations 7 sunk 9 view ( ! 
end desir$4  ,yet x 0 necess>y t ! man  
promot$ %\ld "k ! tru?1 &  ,l9coln told 
x to him 9 a way t did n humiliate nor  
fire to  fooli% ang]2 b :i* surely      
prev5t$ ! attack ( c]ebral              
elephantiasis to :i* ,hook] 0 liable4   
,p]haps we _h bett] give ! lett] entire1
 & s "h x is3      ,executive ,mansion1 
,wa%+ton1 ,janu>y #bf1 #ahfc4           
,major-,g5]al ,hook]3    ,g5]al3--,i h  
plac$ y at ! head ( ! ,army ( !         
,potomac4 ,(  c\rse1 ,i h done ?is ^u   
:at appe> to me to be suffici5t         
reasons1 & yet ,i ?9k x be/ = y to "k t 
!re are "s  ?+s 9 reg>d to :i* ,i am n q
 satisfi$ ) y4    ,i believe y to be a  
brave & skilful soldi]1 :i*1 ( c\rse1 ,i
  l4 ,i also believe y d n mix politics 
) y\r position1 9  :i* y are "r4    ,y h
 confid5ce 9 y\rself1 :i* is a valuable 
if n an  indisp5sable quality4    ,y are
 ambiti\s1 :i*1 )9 reasonable b\nds1    
does good r  ?an h>m2 b ,i ?9k t dur+   
,g5]al ,burnside's comm& ( !  army y h  

tak5 c\nsel ( y\r ambition & ?w>t$ him z
 mu* z  y c\ld1 9 :i* y did a great     
wrong to ! c\ntry1 & to a mo/  m]itori\s
 & honorable bro!r (fic]4    ,i h he>d1 
9 su* a way z to believe x1 ( y\r       
rec5tly say+  t bo? ! army & ! gov]nm5t 
ne$$ a dictator4 ,( c\rse1 x  0 n = ?is1
 b 9 spite ( x1 t ,i h giv5 y ! comm&4  
,only ^? g5]als :o ga9 successes c set  
up dictators4 ,:at ,i n[  ask ( y is    
milit>y success1 & ,i w risk !          
dictator%ip4 ,!  gov]nm5t w support y to
 ! utmo/ ( its ability1 :i* is  nei!r m 
nor less ?an x has done & w d = all     
comm&]s4 ,i  mu* fe> t ! _s y h aid$ to 
infuse into ! army1 (  criticis+ _!     
comm&] & )hold+ confid5ce f him1 w  n[  
turn ^u y4 ,i %all assi/ y z f> z ,i c  
to put x d[n4  ,nei!r y nor ,napoleon1  
if he 7 alive aga91 c\ld get any good   
out  ( an army :ile su* a _s prevails 9 
x4 ,& n[ bew>e (  ra%ness1 b ) sleepless
 vigilance g =w>d & give u victories4   
,y\rs v truly1 ,a4 ,,l9coln4    ,"o po9t
 9 ?is lett] is especially wor? our     

consid]ation1 = x  sugge/s a condition t
 spr+s up l deadly night%ade f a        
poison\s soil4 ,i ref] to ! habit (     
c>p+1 sne]+1 grumbl+ &  criticis+ ^? :o 
are above u4 ,! man :o is anybody & :o  
does  any?+ is c]ta9ly go+ to be        
criticis$1 vilifi$ &  misund]/ood4 ,?is 
is a "p ( ! p5alty = greatness1 & e     
great man und]/&s x2 & und]/&s1 too1 t x
 is no pro( (  greatness4 ,! f9al pro( (
 greatness lies 9 be+ able to endure    
contumely )\t res5tm5t4 ,l9coln did n   
res5t criticism2 he knew  t e life 0 its
 own excuse = be+1 b look h[ he calls   
,hook]'s att5tion to ! fact t !         
diss5sion ,hook] has s[n is  go+ to     
return & plague him6 ,nei!r y1 nor      
,napoleon1 if he 7  alive1 c\ld get any 
good out ( an army :ile su* a _s        
prevails 9  x4 ,hook]'s fault falls on  
,hook]--o!rs suff]1 b ,hook] suff]s  mo/
 ( all4    ,n long ago ,i met a ,yale   
/ud5t home on a vacation4 ,i am sure he 
did  n repres5t ! true ,yale _s1 = he 0 
full ( criticism &  bitt]ness t[>d !    

in/itution4 ,presid5t ,hadley came 9 = 8
  %>e1 & ,i 0 giv5 items1 facts1 data1 )
 times & places1 = a  pea* ( a roa/4    
,v soon ,i saw ! tr\ble 0 n ) ,yale1 !  
tr\ble 0 ) !  "y man4 ,he _h m5tally    
dwelt on "s trivial slights until he _h 
gott5 s out ( h>mony ) ! place t he _h  
lo/ ! p[] to  d]ive any b5efit f x4     
,yale college is n a p]fect             
in/itution--a  fact1 ,i suppose1 t      
,presid5t ,hadley & mo/ ,yale m5 are q  
will+ to admit2 b ,yale does supply "y  
m5 c]ta9 advantages1 &  x dep5ds ^u !   
/ud5ts :e!r !y w avail !mselves (  ^!   
advantages or n4 ,if y are a /ud5t 9    
college1 seize ^u  ! good t is !re4 ,y  
receive good by giv+ x4 ,y ga9 by       
giv+--s give sympa?y & *e]ful loyalty to
 ! in/itution4 ,be  pr\d ( x4 ,/& by y\r
 tea*]s--!y are do+ ! be/ !y c4  ,if !  
place is faulty1 make x a bett] place by
 an example (  *e]fully do+ y\r "w e day
 ! be/ y c4 ,m9d y\r  own bus9ess4      
,if ! conc]n :]e y are employ$ is all   
wrong1 & ! ,old ,man is a  curmudgeon1 x

 may be well = y to g to ! ,old ,man &  
confid5tially1 quietly & k9dly tell him 
t 8 policy is absurd  & prepo/]\s4 ,!n  
%[ him h[ to re=m 8 ways1 & y might  (f]
 to take *>ge ( ! conc]n & cleanse x (  
its secret faults4  ,d ?is1 or if = any 
reason y %\ld pref] n1 !n take y\r      
*oice ( ^!3 ,get ,out1 or ,get 9 ,l9e4  
,y h got to d "o or !  o!r--n[ make y\r 
*oice4 ,if y "w = a man1 9 heav5's "n   
"w = him4    ,if he pays y wages t      
supply y y\r bread & butt]1 "w =        
him--speak well ( him1 ?9k well ( him1  
/& by him & /& by  ! in/itution t he    
repres5ts4    ,i ?9k if ,i work$ = a    
man1 ,i w\ld "w = him4 ,i w\ld n "w  =  
him a "p ( ! "t1 & ! re/ ( ! "t "w aga9/
 him4 ,i  w\ld give an undivid$ s]vice  
or none4 ,if put to ! p9*1 an ounce  (  
loyalty is wor? a p\nd ( clev]ness4     
,if y mu/ vilify1 condemn & et]nally    
disp>age1 :y1 resign y\r  position1 & !n
 :5 y are outside1 damn to y\r he>t's   
cont5t4  ,b ,i pray y1 z long z y are a 
"p ( an in/itution1 d n  condemn x4 ,n t

 y w injure ! in/itution--n t--b :5  y  
disp>age a conc]n ( :i* y are a "p1 y   
disp>age y\rself4    ,m ?an t1 y are    
loos5+ ! t5drils t hold y to !          
in/itution1 & ! fir/ high w9d t happ5s  
along1 y w be  uproot$ & bl[n away 9 !  
blizz>d's track--& probably y w  nev] "k
 :y4 ,! lett] only says1 ,times are dull
 & we regret  !re is n en\gh "w1 et     
cet]a4    ,ev]y:]e y w f9d ^!           
out-(-a-job fell[s4 ,talk ) !m &  y w   
f9d t !y are full ( rail+1 bitt]ness1   
scorn &  condemnation4 ,t 0 !           
tr\ble--?ru a _s ( fault-f9d+ !y  got   
!mselves swung ar\nd s !y block$ !      
*annel1 & _h to be  dynamit$4 ,!y 7 out 
( h>mony ) ! place1 & no long] be+  a   
help !y _h to be remov$4 ,e employ] is  
con/antly look+ =  p :o c help him2     
naturally he is on ! look\t among 8     
employees = ^? :o d n help1 & ev]y?+ &  
ev]ybody t  is a h9drance has to g4 ,?is
 is ! law ( trade--d n f9d fault  ) x2 x
 is f\nd$ on nature4 ,! rew>d is only = 
! man :o  helps1 & 9 ord] to help y mu/ 

h sympa?y4    ,y _c help ! ,old ,man s  
long z y are expla9+ 9 an  und]tone &   
:isp]1 by ge/ure & sugge/ion1 by ?\ght &
 m5tal  attitude t he is a curmudgeon & 
t 8 sy/em is dead wrong4 ,y  are n      
necess>ily m5ac+ him by /irr+ up ?is    
cauldron (  discont5t & w>m+ envy into  
/rife1 b y are do+ ?is3 y are  gett+    
y\rself on a well-greas$ *ute t w give y
 a quick ride  d[n & out4 ,:5 y say to  
o!r employees t ! ,old ,man is a        
curmudgeon1 y reveal ! fact t y are "o2 
& :5 y tell !m  t ! policy ( !          
in/itution is rott51 y c]ta9ly %[  t    
y\rs is4    ,?is bad habit ( fault-f9d+1
 criticis+ & compla9+ is a tool  t gr[s 
ke5] by con/ant use1 & !re is grave     
dang] t he :o  at fir/ is only a mod]ate
 kick] may develop into a *ronic knock]1
  & ! knife he has %>p5$ w sev] 8 head4 
,hook] got 8 promotion ev5 9 spite ( 8  
_m fail+s2 b !  *ances are t y\r employ]
 does n h ! love t ,l9coln  _h--! love t
 suff]e? long & is k9d4 ,b ev5 ,l9coln  
c\ld  n protect ,hook] =ev]4 ,hook]     

fail$ to d ! "w1 & ,l9coln  _h to try "s
 "o else4 ,s !re came a "t :5 ,hook] 0  
sup]s$$ by a ,sil5t ,man1 :o criticis$  
no "o1 rail$ at nobody--n  ev5 ! enemy4 
,& ?is ,sil5t ,man1 :o c\ld rule 8 own  
_s1 took ! cities4 ,he  m9d$ 8 own      
bus9ess1 & did ! "w t no man c ev] d    
unless  he con/antly gives absolute     
loyalty1 p]fect confid5ce1 unsw]v+      
fidelity & untir+ devotion4 ,let u m9d  
our own bus9ess1 & all[  o!rs to m9d    
!irs1 ?us work+ = self by work+ = ! good
  ( all4        ,! ,week-,day1 ,keep x  
,holy    ,did x ev] /rike y t x is a mo/
 absurd & semi-b>b>ic ?+  to set "o day 
ap>t z holy8    ,if y are a writ] & a   
beautiful ?\ght comes to y1 y nev]      
hesitate because x is ,sunday1 b y write
 x d[n4    ,if y are a pa9t]1 & !       
picture appe>s be=e y1 vivid &  cle>1 y 
make ha/e to mat]ialize x ere ! vision  
fades4    ,if y are a musician1 y s+ a  
song1 or play x on ! piano1 t x  may be 
et*$ ^u y\r memory--& = ! joy ( x4    ,b
 if y are a cab9et-mak]1 y may make a   

design1 b y w h  to halt be=e y make !  
table1 if ! day happ5s to be ! ,"l's    
,day2 & if y are a blacksmi?1 y w n d>e 
to lift a hamm]1  = fe> ( consci5ce or !
 police4 ,all ( :i* is an admission t   
we reg>d manual labor z a sort (        
necess>y evil1 & mu/ be done  only at   
c]ta9 times & places4    ,! or?odox     
reason = ab/95ce f all manual labor on  
,sunday is  t ,god made ! heav5s & ! e>?
 9 six days & on ! sev5?  ,he re/$1     
!re=e1 man1 creat$ 9 ! image ( 8 ,mak]1 
%\ld  hold ?is day sacr$4 ,h[ x c be    
possible = a supreme1 omnipot5t  &      
all-p[]ful be+ )\t body1 p>ts or        
passions to become  we>i$ ?ru physical  
ex]tion is a "q t is z yet unansw]$4    
,! idea ( s]v+ ,god on ,sunday & !n     
=gett+ ,him all ! week  is a fallacy t  
is fo/]$ by ! ,rev]5d ,doctor ,sayles & 
8  coadjutor1 ,deacon ,buffum1 :o passes
 ! ,panama = ! b5efit ( ^?  :o w\ld buy 
absolution4 ,or1 if y pref]1 salvation  
be+ free1 :at  we place 9 ! ,panama is  
an honor>ium = ,deity or 8 ag5t1 j z    

our not$ au?ors nev] speak at banquets =
 pay1 b accept !  honor>ium t 9 "s      
occult & my/]i\s mann] is left on !     
mantel4 ,sunday1 ) its immunity f "w1 0 
devis$ = slaves :o  got out ( all ! "w  
!y c\ld dur+ ! week4    ,!n1 to tickle !
 approbativ5ess ( ! slave1 x 0 decl>$ a 
virtue n to "w on ,sunday1 a mo/ pleas+ 
bit ( ,tom ,sawy]  diplomacy4 ,by foll[+
 8 incl9ations & do+ no?+1 a  my/]i\s1  
skyey b5efit accrues1 :i* ! lazy man    
hopes to h &  to hold = et]nity4    ,!n 
! slaves :o d no "w on ,sunday1 po9t out
 ^? :o d z  b5ea? !m 9 virtue1 & des]v+ 
( contempt4 ,^u ?is !ory all  laws :i*  
puni% ! p]son :o works or plays on      
,sunday h be5  pass$4 ,does ,god cease  
"w "o day 9 sev51 or is ! "w t ,he  does
 on ,sunday especially diff]5t f t :i*  
,he p]=ms on  ,tuesday8 ,! ,saturday    
half-holiday is n sacr$--! ,sunday      
holiday  is1 & we h laws to puni% ^? :o 
violate x4 ,no man c  violate ! ,sabba?2
 he c1 h[ev]1 violate 8 own nature1 &   
?is  he is m apt to d ?r\gh en=c$       

idl5ess ?an ei!r "w or play4  ,only     
runn+ wat] is pure1 & /agnant nature (  
any sort is  dang]\s--a bre$+-place =   
disease4    ,*ange ( occupation is      
necess>y to m5tal & physical heal?4 ,z x
  is1 mo/ p get too mu* ( "o k9d ( "w4  
,all ! week !y are  *a9$ to a task1 a   
repugnant task because ! dose is too    
big4 ,!y  h to d ?is p>ticul> job or    
/>ve4 ,?is is slav]y1 q z  mu* z :5 man 
0 b\ght & sold z a *attel4    ,w !re n  
come a "t :5 all m5 & wom5 w "w because 
x  is a bless$ gift--a privilege8 ,!n1  
if all work$1 wa/eful consum+  z a      
bus9ess w\ld cease4 ,z x is1 !re are _m 
p :o d n  "w at all1 & ^! pride !mselves
 ^u x & uphold ! ,sunday  laws4 ,if !   
idl]s w\ld "w1 nobody w\ld be ov]work$4 
,if ?is "t  ev] comes %all we n cease to
 reg>d x z wick$ to "w at  c]ta9 times1 
j z mu* z we w\ld c\nt x absurd to pass 
a law  mak+ x illegal = u to be happy on
 ,w$nesday8 ,isn't good "w an  ef=t to  
produce a useful1 necess>y or beautiful 
?+8 ,if s1 good  "w is a pray]1 prompt$ 

by a lov+ he>t--a pray] to b5efit &     
bless4 ,if pray] is n a desire1 back$ up
 by a "r human ef=t to  br+ ab\t its    
efficacy1 !n :at is x8    ,"w is a      
s]vice p]=m$ = ourselves & o!rs4 ,if ,i 
love y ,i  w surely "w = y--9 ?is way ,i
 reveal my love4 ,& to manife/  my love 
9 ?is mann] is a joy & gratification to 
me4 ,?us "w is  = ! work] alone & labor 
is its own rew>d4 ,^! ?+s be+  true1 if 
x is wrong to "w on ,sunday1 x is wrong 
to love on ,sunday2  e smile is a s91 e 
c>ess a curse1 & all t5d]ness a crime4  
,mu/ !re n come a "t1 if we gr[ 9       
m5tality & _s1 :5 we  %all cease to     
diff]5tiate & quit call+ "s "w secul> & 
"s  sacr$8 ,isn't x z necess>y = me to  
hoe corn & fe$ my lov$ ones  7& also !  
prie/7 z = ! prie/ to prea* & pray8     
,w\ld any  prie/ ev] prea* & pray if    
somebody didn't hoe8 ,if life is f ,god1
  !n all useful ef=t is div9e2 & to "w  
is ! highe/ =m (  religion4 ,if ,god    
made u1 surely ,he is pleas$ to see t ,8
 "w is a  success4 ,if we are mis]able1 

will+ to lib]ate life ) a b>e  bodk91 we
 c]ta9ly d n complim5t our ,mak] 9 ?us  
proclaim+ ,8  "w a failure4 ,b if our   
lives are full ( gladness & we are      
grateful = ! feel+ t we are "o )        
,deity--help+ ,god to d  ,8 "w1 !n1 &   
only !n d we truly s]ve ,him4    ,isn't 
x /range t m5 %\ld h made laws decl>+ t 
x is  wick$ = u to "w8        ,exclusive
 ,fri5d%ips    ,an excell5t & g5tle man 
( my acqua9tance has said1 ,:5 fifty-"o 
p] c5t ( ! vot]s believe 9 cop]ation z  
oppos$ to competition1  ! ,ideal        
,commonweal? w cease to be a !ory &     
become a fact4    ,t m5 %\ld "w toge!r =
 ! good ( all is v beautiful1 &  ,i     
believe ! day w come :5 ^! ?+s w be1 b !
 simple  process ( fifty-"o p] c5t ( !  
vot]s ca/+ ballots =  socialism w n br+ 
x ab\t4    ,! matt] ( vot+ is simply !  
expression ( a s5tim5t1 & aft]  !       
ballots h be5 c\nt$ !re /ill rema9s ! "w
 to be done4 ,a  man might vote "r & act
 l a fool ! re/ ( ! ye>4    ,! sociali/ 
:o is full ( bitt]ness1 fight1 faction &

 jeal\sy is  creat+ an opposition t w   
hold him & all o!rs l him 9  *eck4 ,&   
?is opposition is well1 = ev5 a v       
imp]fect society is  =c$ to protect     
itself aga9/ dissolution & a condition  
:i* is  worse4 ,to take ov] ! monopolies
 & op]ate !m = ! good (  society is n   
en\gh1 & n desirable ei!r1 s long z !   
idea (  rivalry is rife4    ,z long z   
self is upp]mo/ 9 ! m9ds ( m51 !y w fe> 
&  hate o!r m51 & "u socialism !re w\ld 
be precisely ! same  scramble = place & 
p[] t we see 9 politics n[4    ,society 
c nev] be recon/ruct$ until its         
individual memb]s are  recon/ruct$4 ,man
 mu/ be born aga94 ,:5 fifty-"o p] c5t (
 !  vot]s rule _! own _s & h put        
fifty-"o p] c5t ( _!  pres5t envy1      
jeal\sy1 bitt]ness1 hate1 fe> & fooli%  
pride out (  _! he>ts1 !n ,*ri/ian      
socialism w be at h&1 & n  until !n4    
,! subject is entirely too big to       
dispose ( 9 a p>agraph1 s ,i am  j go+  
to cont5t myself "h ) ! m5tion ( "o ?+1 
t s  f> z ,i "k has nev] be5 m5tion$ 9  

pr9t--! dang] to society  ( exclusive   
fri5d%ips betwe5 man & man1 & woman &   
woman4 ,no  two p]sons ( ! same sex c   
complem5t ea* o!r1 nei!r c !y  long     
uplift or b5efit ea* o!r4 ,usually !y   
de=m ! m5tal &  spiritual e/ate4 ,we    
%\ld h _m acqua9tances or none4 ,:5 two 
m5 beg9 to tell ea* o!r ev]y?+1 !y are  
hik+ = s5ility4  ,!re mu/ be a bit (    
well-def9$ res]ve4 ,we are told t 9     
matt]--solid /eel = in/ance--! molecules
 nev] t\*4 ,!y nev]  surr5d] _!         
individuality4 ,we are all molecules (  
,div9ity1 & our  p]sonality %\ld n be   
ab&on$4 ,be y\rself1 let no man be      
necess>y to y--y\r fri5d w ?9k m ( y if 
y keep him at  a little di/ance4        
,fri5d%ip1 l cr$it1 is highe/ :]e x is  
n us$4    ,i c und]/& h[ a /rong man c h
 a great & abid+ affection  = a ?\s& o!r
 m51 & call !m all by "n1 b h[ he c     
reg>d any "o ( ^! m5 mu* high] ?an ano!r
 & pres]ve 8  m5tal balance1 ,i d n "k4 
,let a man come close en\gh & he'll     
clut* y l a dr[n+ p]son1  & d[n y bo? g4

 ,9 a close & exclusive fri5d%ip m5     
p>take (  o!rs' weaknesses4    ,9 %ops &
 factories x happ5s con/antly t m5 w h  
_!  *ums4 ,^! m5 relate to ea* o!r _!   
tr\bles--!y keep no?+  back--!y         
sympa?ize ) ea* o!r1 !y mutually        
condole4    ,!y comb9e & /& by ea* o!r4 
,_! fri5d%ip is exclusive &  o!rs see t 
x is4 ,jeal\sy creeps 91 suspicion      
awak5s1 hate  cr\*es ar\nd ! corn]1 & ^!
 m5 comb9e 9 mutual dislike =  c]ta9 ?+s
 & p]sons4 ,!y fom5t ea* o!r1 & _!      
sympa?y  dilutes sanity--by recogniz+ _!
 tr\bles m5 make !m real4 ,?+s  get out 
( focus1 & ! s5se ( values is lo/4 ,by  
?9k+ "s "o  is an enemy y evolve him    
into "o4    ,soon o!rs are involv$ & we 
h a clique4 ,a clique is a fri5d%ip     
gone to se$4    ,a clique develops into 
a faction1 & a faction into a feud1 &   
soon we  h a mob1 :i* is a bl9d1 /upid1 
insane1 crazy1 ramp+ & ro>+  mass t has 
lo/ ! rudd]4 ,9 a mob !re are no        
individuals--all  are ( "o m9d1 &       
indep5d5t ?\ght is gone4    ,a feud is  

f\nd$ on no?+--x is a mi/ake--a fool    
idea fann$ into  flame by a fool fri5d6 
,& x may become a mob4    ,e man :o has 
_h any?+ to d ) communal life has notic$
  t ! clique is ! dis9tegrat+           
bacillus--& ! clique has its  rise      
always 9 ! exclusive fri5d%ip ( two     
p]sons ( ! same sex1  :o tell ea* o!r   
all unk9d ?+s t are said ( ea* o!r--s   
be on y\r gu>d4 ,bew>e ( ! exclusive    
fri5d%ip6 ,respect all m5  & try to f9d 
! good 9 all4 ,to associate only ) !    
sociable1  ! witty1 ! wise1 ! brilliant1
 is a blund]--g among ! pla91  ! /upid1 
! un$ucat$1 & ex]cise y\r own wit &     
wisdom4 ,y  gr[ by giv+--h no           
favorites--y hold y\r fri5d z mu* by    
keep+ away f him z y d by foll[+ aft]   
him4    ,rev]e him--yes1 b be natural & 
let space int]v5e4 ,be a ,div9e         
molecule4    ,be y\rself & give y\r     
fri5d a *ance to be himself4 ,?us d y   
b5efit him1 & 9 b5efit+ him y b5efit    
y\rself4    ,! f9e/ fri5d%ips are betwe5
 ^? :o c d )\t ea* o!r4    ,( c\rse !re 

h be5 cases ( exclusive fri5d%ip t are  
po9t$  out to u z gr& examples (        
affection1 b !y are s r>e &  exceptional
 t !y s]ve to emphasize ! fact t x is   
exce$+ly unwise = m5 ( ord9>y p[] &     
intellect to exclude  _! fell[ m54 ,a   
few m51 p]haps1 :o are big en\gh to h a 
place  9 hi/ory1 c\ld play ! "p ( ,david
 to ano!r's ,jona?an & yet  reta9 ! good
 w ( all1 b ! mo/ ( u w\ld eng5d]       
bitt]ness & /rife4    ,& ?is beautiful  
dream ( socialism1 :]e ea* %all "w = !  
good ( all1 w nev] come ab\t until      
fifty-"o p] c5t ( !  adults %all ab&on  
all exclusive fri5d%ips4 ,until t day   
arrives  y w h cliques1 d5om9ations--:i*
 are cliques gr[n  big--factions1 feuds 
& occasional mobs4    ,d n lean on any  
"o1 & let no "o lean on y4 ,! ideal     
society  w be made up ( ideal           
individuals4 ,be a man & be a fri5d to  
ev]ybody4    ,:5 ! ,ma/] admoni%$ 8     
disciples to love _! enemies1 he _h  9  
m9d ! tru? t an exclusive love is a     
mi/ake--love dies :5 x  is monopoliz$--x

 gr[s by giv+4 ,love1 lim41 is an error4
 ,y\r enemy  is "o :o misund]/&s y--:y  
%\ld y n rise above ! fog &  see 8 error
 & respect him = ! good qualities y f9d 
9 him8        ,! ,folly ( ,liv+ 9 !     
,future    ,! "q is (t5 ask$1 ,:at      
becomes ( all ! ,val$ictorians &  all ! 
,class-,day ,poets8    ,i c give        
in=mation z to two p>ties = :om ?is     
inquiry is  made--! ,val$ictorian ( my  
class is n[ a mo/ indu/ri\s & wor?y     
floor-walk] 9 ,siegel1 ,coop]           
,company's /ore1 & ,i 0 !  ,class-,day  
,poet4 ,bo? ( u _h our eyes fix$ on !   
,goal4 ,we /ood on  ! ,?re%old & look$  
out ^u ! ,_w prep>atory to go+ =?1      
seiz+ x by ! tail & snapp+ its head (f =
 our own  delectation4    ,we _h our    
eyes fix$ on ! ,goal--x might bett] h   
be5 ! gaol4    ,x 0 a v absurd ?+ = u to
 fix our eyes on ! ,goal4 ,x  /ra9$ our 
vision & took our att5tion f our "w4 ,we
 lo/ our  grip on ! pres5t4    ,to ?9k (
 ! ,goal is to travel ! di/ance ov] &   
ov] 9 y\r  m9d & dwell on h[ awfully f> 

(f x is4 ,we h s little  m9d--do+       
bus9ess on su* a limit$ capital (       
intellect--t to  we> x ?readb>e look+ = 
a f>-(f ?+ is to get hopelessly  /r&$ 9 
,siegel1 ,coop]  ,company4    ,( c\rse1 
,siegel1 ,coop]  ,company is all "r1    
too1 b ! po9t is  ?is--x wasn't ! ,goal6
    ,a goodly da% ( indiff]5ce is a     
requisite 9 ! =mula = do+ a  great "w4  
,no "o kn[s :at ! ,goal is--we are all  
sail+ "u seal$ ord]s4    ,d y\r "w      
to-day1 do+ x ! be/ y c1 & live "o day  
at a  "t4 ,! man t does ?is is cons]v+ 8
 ,god-giv5 en]gy1 & n  sp9n+ x out into 
t5u\s spid] ?reads s fragile & filmy t  
unk9d ,fate w probably bru% x away4     
,to d y\r "w well to-day1 is ! c]ta9    
prep>ation = some?+  bett] to-morr[4 ,! 
pa/ has gone f u =ev]2 ! future we  _c  
rea*2 ! pres5t alone is ours4 ,ea* day's
 "w is a  prep>ation = ! next day's     
duties4    ,live 9 ! pres5t--! ,day is  
"h1 ! "t is ,n[4    ,!re is only "o ?+ t
 is wor? pray+ =--t we may be 9 !  l9e (
 ,evolution4        ,! ,_s ( ,man       

,maybe ,i am all wrong ab\t x1 yet ,i _c
 help believ+ t !  _s ( man w live aga9 
9 a bett] _w ?an ours4 ,f5elon says3    
,ju/ice dem&s ano!r life to make good ! 
inequalities ( ?is4  ,a/ronom]s prophesy
 ! exi/5ce ( />s long be=e !y c see  !m4
 ,!y "k :]e !y ought to be1 & tra9+ _!  
telescopes 9  t direction !y wait1 kn[+ 
!y %all f9d !m4    ,mat]ially1 no "o c  
imag9e any?+ m beautiful ?an ?is e>?1  =
 ! simple reason t we _c imag9e any?+ we
 h n se52  we may make new comb9ations1 
b ! :ole is made up ( p>ts (  ?+s ) :i* 
we are famili>4 ,?is great gre5 e>? out 
( :i*  we h sprung1 ( :i* we are a "p1 t
 supports our bodies :i*  mu/ return to 
x to repay ! loan1 is v1 v beautiful4   
,b ! _s ( man is n fully at home "h2 z  
we gr[ 9 s\l &  intellect1 we he>1 & he>
 aga91 a voice :i* says3 ,arise & get   
!e h5ce1 = ?is is n ?y re/4 ,& ! great] 
& nobl] &  m sublime ! _s1 ! m con/ant  
is ! discont5t4 ,discont5t  may come f  
v>i\s causes1 s x w n d to assume t !   
discont5t$ ones are always ! pure 9     

he>t1 b x is a fact t  ! wise & excell5t
 h all kn[n ! mean+ ( _w-we>9ess4  ,! m 
y /udy & appreciate ?is life1 ! m sure y
 are t  ?is is n all4 ,y pill[ y\r head 
^u ,"m ,e>?1 li/5 to h]  he>t-?rob1 &   
ev5 z y\r _s is fill$ ) ! love ( h]1    
y\r gladness is half pa9 & !re comes to 
y a joy t hurts4 ,to  look ^u ! mo/     
exalt$ =ms ( beauty1 su* z sunset at    
sea1 !  com+ ( a /orm on ! prairie1 or !
 sublime maje/y ( !  m\nta9s1 begets a  
s5se ( sadness1 an increas+ lonel9ess4  
,x is  n en\gh to say t man encroa*es on
 man s t we are really  depriv$ ( our   
fre$om1 t civilization is caus$ by a    
bacillus1 &  t f a natural condition we 
h gott5 into a hurly-burly :]e  rivalry 
is rife--all ?is may be true1 b beyond &
 outside ( all  ?is !re is no physical  
environm5t 9 way ( pl5ty :i* e>? c      
supply1 t w give ! tir$ s\l peace4 ,!y  
are ! happie/ :o  h ! lea/2 & ! fable ( 
! /rick5 k+ & ! %irtless  begg> conta9s 
! g]m ( tru?4 ,! wise hold all e>?ly    
ties v  lightly--!y are /ripp+ =        

et]nity4    ,_w-we>9ess is only a desire
 = a bett] spiritual condition4 ,!re  is
 m to be writt5 on ?is subject (        
_w-pa9--to exhau/ !  !me w\ld require a 
book4 ,& c]ta9 x is t ,i h no wi% to say
  ! f9al ^w on any topic4 ,! g5tle read]
 has c]ta9 rights1 &  among ^! is !     
privilege ( summ+ up ! case4    ,b !    
fact holds t _w-pa9 is a =m ( desire4   
,all desires are  j1 prop] & "r2 & _!   
gratification is ! means by :i*  nature 
supplies u t :i* we ne$4    ,desire n   
only causes u to seek t :i* we ne$1 b is
 a =m (  attraction by :i* ! good is    
br\ght to u1 j z ! amoebae  create a    
swirl 9 ! wat]s t br+s _! food )9 rea*4 
,e desire 9 nature has a fix$ & def9ite 
purpose 9 ! ,div9e  ,economy1 & e desire
 has its prop] gratification4 ,if we    
desire !  close fri5d%ip ( a c]ta9      
p]son1 x is because t p]son has  c]ta9  
s\l-qualities t we d n possess1 & :i*   
complem5t  our own4    ,?r\gh desire d  
we come into possession ( our own2 by   
submitt+ to  its beckon+s we add cubits 

to our /ature2 & we also give out to    
o!rs our own attributes1 )\t becom+     
poor]1 = s\l is n  limit$4 ,all nature  
is a symbol ( _s1 & s ,i am =c$ to      
believe  t some:]e !re mu/ be a prop]   
gratification = ?is my/]i\s  no/algia ( 
! s\l4    ,! ,valhalla ( ! ,norseman1 ! 
,nirvana ( ! ,h9du1 ! ,heav5 (  !       
,*ri/ian are natural hopes ( be+s ^:    
c>es &  disappo9tm5ts "h are s(t5$ by   
belief t some:]e1 ,?or1 ,brahma  or ,god
 gives comp5sation4    ,! ,et]nal       
,unities require a condition :]e m5 &   
wom5 %all be  p]mitt$ to love & n to    
sorr[2 :]e ! tyranny ( ?+s hat$  %all n 
prevail1 nor t = :i* ! he>t ye>ns turn  
to a%es at  our t\*4        ,art &      
,religion    ,:ile ?is seems true 9 !   
ma91 ,i am n sure x w hold 9 e  case4   
,please ?9k x out = y\rself1 & if ,i    
happ5 to be wrong1  :y1 put me /raight4 
,! proposition is ?is3 ! arti/ ne$s no  
religion beyond 8 "w4  ,t is to say1 art
 is religion to ! man :o ?9ks beautiful 
?\ghts  & expresses !m = o!rs ! be/ he  

c4 ,religion is an emotional  excitem5t 
:]eby ! devotee rises into a /ate (     
spiritual  sublimity1 & = ! mom5t is    
ba!d 9 an atmosph]e ( re/1 &  peace1 &  
love4 ,all normal m5 & wom5 crave su*   
p]iods2 &  ,b]n>d ,%aw says t we rea* !m
 ?r\gh /rong tea1 tobacco1  :iskey1     
opium1 love1 art or religion4    ,i ?9k 
,b]n>d ,%aw a cynic1 b !re is a glimm] (
 tru? 9 8  idea t makes x wor? repeat+4 
,b beyond ! natural religion1  :i* is a 
passion = on5ess ) ! ,:ole1 all =maliz$ 
religions  engraft ! elem5t ( fe>1 &    
tea* ! necessity ( placat+ a  ,supreme  
,be+4 ,our idea ( a ,supreme ,be+ is    
sugge/$ to u by !  political gov]nm5t "u
 :i* we live4 ,! situation 0 summ$ up by
  ,c>lyle1 :5 he said t ,deity to !     
av]age ,briti% m9d 0 simply  an inf9ite 
,george ,,iv4 ,! ?\ght ( ,god z a       
t]rible ,supreme ,tyrant  fir/ f\nd =m 9
 an unlimit$ mon>*y2 b z gov]nm5ts h    
become m l5i5t s h ! gods1 until y get  
!m d[n 7or up7 to  a republic1 :]e ,god 
is only a presid5t1 & we all approa*    

,him 9  famili> pray]1 on an absolute   
equality4    ,!n soon1 = ! fir/ "t1 we  
f9d man say+1 ,i am ,god1 & y  are ,god1
 & we are all simply p>ticles ( ,him1 & 
?is is :]e !  presid5t is done away )1 &
 ! ref]5dum comes 94 ,b !  abs5ce ( a   
supreme gov]n+ head implies simplicity1 
hone/y1  ju/ice1 & s9c]ity4 ,:]ev]      
plott+s1 s*em+s & d\btful  me?ods ( life
 are employ$1 a rul] is necess>y2 & !re1
 too1  religion1 ) its idea ( placat+   
,god has a firm hold4 ,m5 ^:  lives are 
d\btful feel ! ne$ ( a /rong gov]nm5t & 
a hot  religion4 ,=mal religion & s9 g  
h& 9 h&4 ,=mal religion &  slav]y g h& 9
 h&4 ,=mal religion & tyranny g h& 9 h&4
  ,=mal religion & ignorance g h& 9 h&4 
,& s91 slav]y1 tyranny & ignorance are  
"o--!y are nev]  sep>at$4    ,=mal      
religion is a s*eme :]eby man hopes to  
make peace ) 8  ,mak]2 & a =mal religion
 also t5ds to satisfy ! s5se (          
sublimity :]e ! man has fail$ to f9d    
satisfaction 9 8 "w4  ,voltaire says1   
,:5 woman no long] f9ds h]self          

acceptable to man1  %e turns to ,god1   
,:5 man is no long] acceptable to       
himself he goes  to *ur*4 ,9 ord] to    
keep ?is article f ext5d+ itself into a 
tome1 ,i purposely omitt$ say+ a s+le ?+
 ab\t ! ,prote/ant  ,*ur* z a useful    
,social ,club & h j assum$ = argum5t's  
sake  t ! *ur* is really a religi\s     
in/itution4    ,a =mal religion is only 
a cut 'cross lots--an attempt to br+    
ab\t  ! emotions & ! s5sations t come to
 a man by ! practice (  love1 virtue1   
excell5ce & tru?4 ,:5 y d a spl5did     
piece ( "w  & express y\r be/1 !re comes
 to y1 z rew>d1 an exaltation (  s\l1 a 
sublimity ( feel+ t puts y = ! "t be+ 9 
t\*  ) ! ,inf9ite4 ,a =mal religion br+s
 ?is feel+ )\t y\r  do+ any?+ useful1   
!re=e x is unnatural4    ,=maliz$       
religion is ! /ronge/ :]e s91 slav]y1   
tyranny &  ignorance ab\nd4 ,:]e m5 are 
free1 enlight5$ & at "w1 !y f9d  all !  
gratification 9 _! "w t _! s\ls dem&--!y
 cease  to hunt outside !mselves =      
some?+ to give !m re/4 ,!y are at  peace

 ) !mselves1 at peace ) man & ) ,god4   
,b any man *a9$ to a hopeless task1 ^:  
daily "w does n  express himself1 :o is 
dogg$ by a boss1 :5ev] he gets a mom5t (
  respite turns to dr9k or religion4    
,m5 ) an eye on ,saturday night1 :o plot
 to supplant "s "o else1  :o c locate an
 employ] any h\r ( ! day1 :o use _! wit 
to  evade labor1 :o ?9k only ( _! summ] 
vacation :5 !y w no  long] be compell$  
to "w1 are apt to be /ickl]s =          
,sabba?-keep+  & *ur*-go+4    ,g5tlem5 9
 bus9ess :o give elev5 = a doz51 & c\nt 
?irty-f\r  in*es a y>d1 :o are quick to 
=eclose a mortgage1 & :o say  bus9ess is
 bus9ess1 g5]ally are ve/rym51 deacons &
 *ur*  tru/ees4 ,look ab\t y6 ,pr$ace\s 
real e/ate deal]s :o set nets  = all !  
unw>y1 lawy]s :o lie 9 wait = _! prey1  
m]*ant  pr9ces :o gr9d _! cl]ks "u !    
:eel1 & oil magnates ^:  hi/ory 0 nev]  
writt51 nor c\ld be writt51 (t5 make    
peace )  ,god1 & f9d a gratification =  
_! s5se ( sublimity by build+  *ur*es1  
f\nd+ colleges1 giv+ libr>ies1 & hold+  

firmly to a  =maliz$ religion4 ,look    
ab\t y6    ,to recapitulate3 if y\r     
life-"w is d\btful1 que/ionable or      
di/a/eful1 y w hold ! balance true by   
go+ outside y\r  vocation = !           
gratification t is y\r due1 b :i* y\r   
daily  "w d5ies1 & y f9d x 9 religion1  
,i d n say ?is is always  s1 b x is v   
(t54 ,great s9n]s are apt to be v       
religi\s2  & conv]sely1 ! be/ m5 :o h   
ev] liv$ h be5 at w> )  e/abli%$        
religions4 ,& fur!r1 ! be/ m5 are nev]  
f\nd  9 *ur*es4    ,m5 deeply imm]s$ 9  
_! "w1 ^: lives are consecrat$ to do+   
?+s1 :o are simple1 hone/ & s9c]e1      
desire no =mal religion1  ne$ no prie/  
nor pa/or1 & seek no gratification      
outside _! daily  lives4 ,all !y ask is 
to be let alone--!y wi% only ! privilege
  to "w4    ,:5 ,samuel ,johnson1 on 8  
dea? b$1 made ,jo%ua ,reynolds promise  
he  w\ld d no m "w on ,sunday1 he (     
c\rse _h no conception ( !  tru? t      
,reynolds rea*$ ?r\gh "w ! same         
condition ( m9d t  he1 ,johnson1 _h     

rea*$ by go+ to *ur*4 ,johnson despis$  
"w &  ,reynolds lov$ x2 ,johnson        
consid]$ "o day 9 ! week holy2 to       
,reynolds all days 7 sacr$--sacr$ to "w2
 t is1 to !  expression ( 8 be/4 ,:y    
%\ld y cease to express y\r holie/ &    
highe/ on ,sunday8 ,ah1 ,i "k :y y don't
 "w on ,sunday6 ,x is  because y ?9k t  
"w is degrad+1 & because y\r sale &     
b>t] is f\nd$ on fraud1 & y\r goods are 
%oddy4 ,y\r week-day  deal+s lie l a    
pall ^u y\r consci5ce1 & y ne$ a day 9  
:i* to ?r[ (f ! we>9ess ( t slav]y "u   
:i* y live4  ,y are n free y\rself1 & y 
insi/ t o!rs %all n be free4    ,y h    
ceas$ to make "w gladsome1 & y toil &   
make o!rs  toil ) y1 & y all well nigh  
fa9t f we>9ess & disgu/4  ,y are slave &
 slave-own]1 = to own slaves is to be   
"o4    ,b ! arti/ is free & he works 9  
joy1 & to him all ?+s are  good & all   
days are holy4 ,! great inv5tors1 ?9k]s1
 poets1  musicians & arti/s h all be5 m5
 ( deep religi\s natures2 b  _! religion
 has nev] be5 a =maliz$1 re/rict$1      

ossifi$  religion4 ,!y did n wor%ip at  
set times & places4 ,_! religion  has   
be5 a natural & spontane\s blossom+ ( ! 
intellect &  emotions--!y h work$ 9     
love1 n only "o day 9 ! week1 b  all    
days1 & to !m ! groves h always & ev]   
be5 ,god's  fir/ temples4    ,let u "w  
to make m5 free6 ,am ,i bad because ,i  
want to give y  fre$om1 & h y "w 9      
gladness in/ead ( fe>8    ,d n hesitate 
to "w on ,sunday1 j z y w\ld ?9k good   
?\ghts  if ! _s prompts y4 ,= "w is1 at 
! la/1 only ! expression  ( y\r ?\ght1 &
 !re c be no bett] religion ?an good "w4
        ,initiative    ,! _w be/[s its  
big prizes1 bo? 9 money & honors1 = b "o
  ?+4 ,& t is ,initiative4 ,:at is      
,initiative8 ,i'll tell y3 ,x is  do+ ! 
"r ?+ )\t be+ told4 ,b next to do+ ! "r 
?+ )\t be+ told is to d x :5 y are told 
once4 ,t is to  say1 c>ry ! ,message to 
,g>cia6 ,!re are ^? :o nev] d a ?+      
until !y are told twice3 su* get no     
honors & small pay4 ,next1 !re  are ^?  
:o d ! "r ?+ only :5 necessity kicks !m 

f  beh9d1 & ^! get indiff]5ce in/ead (  
honors1 & a pittance =  pay4 ,?is k9d   
sp5ds mo/ ( its "t poli%+ a b5* ) a     
h>d-luck /ory4 ,!n1 /ill l[] d[n 9 !    
scale ?an ?is1 we f9d  ! fell[ :o w n d 
! "r ?+ ev5 :5 "s "o goes along  to %[  
him h[1 & /ays to see t he does x2 he is
 always out ( a  job1 & receives !      
contempt he des]ves1 unless he has a ri*
 ,pa1 9  :i* case ,de/9y awaits ne> by )
 a /uff$ club4 ,to :i* class d  y       
belong8        ,! ,disagreeable ,girl   
,engl&'s mo/ fam\s dramati/1 ,george    
,b]n>d ,%aw1 has plac$ 9 !  pillory (   
lett]s :at he is pleas$ to call ,!      
,disagreeable ,girl4    ,& he has done x
 by a dry-plate1 quick-%utt] process 9 a
 mann]  t surely lays him liable =      
crim9al libel 9 ! assize (  high        
society4    ,i say society's assize     
advis$ly1 because x is only 9 society t 
!  ,disagreeable ,girl c play a prom95t 
"p1 assum+ ! c5t] ( !  /age4 ,society1 9
 ! society s5se1 is built ^u vacuity2   
its favors  be+ = ^? :o reveal a f9e    

capacity to wa/e & consume4 ,^?  :o w\ld
 write _! names high on society's honor 
roll1 ne$ n be  ei!r useful or          
intellig5t--!y ne$ only seem4    ,& ?is 
gives to ! ,disagreeable ,girl h]       
opportunity4 ,9 ! pap]  box factory %e  
w\ld h to make good2 ,cluett1 ,coon     
,co4 ask =  results2 ! /age dem&s at    
lea/ a modicum ( intellect1 9 addition  
to %ape1 b society asks = no?+ b        
pret5se1 & ! palm is  aw>d$ to palav]4  
,b d n1 if y please1 imag9e t !         
,disagreeable ,girl does n wield an     
influ5ce4 ,t is ! v  po9t--h] influ5ce  
is s f>-rea*+ 9 its effect t ,george    
,b]n>d ,%aw1 giv+ cross-sections ( life 
9 ! =m ( dramas1  _c write a play &     
leave h] out4    ,%e is always ) u1     
ubiquit\s1 omnisci5t & omnipres5t--is ! 
,disagreeable ,girl4 ,%e is a           
disappo9tm5t to h] fa!r1 a s\rce (      
humiliation to h] "m1 a pe/ to h] bro!rs
 & si/]s1 & :5  %e f9ally m>ries1 %e    
sl[ly saps ! inspiration ( h] husb& &  v
 (t5 conv]ts a pr\d & ambiti\s man into 

a weak &  c[>dly cur4    ,only 9 society
 does ! ,disagreeable ,girl %9e--ev]y:]e
 else %e is  an abject failure4 ,!      
mu*-vaunt$ ,gibson ,girl is a k9d ( de  
luxe  edition ( ,%aw's ,disagreeable    
,girl4 ,! ,gibson ,girl lolls1 loafs1   
p\ts1 weeps1 talks back1 lies 9 wait1   
dreams1 eats1 dr9ks1 sleeps &  yawns4   
,%e rides 9 a coa* 9 a r$ jacket1 plays 
golf 9 a second>y  sexual sweat]1       
dawdles on a hotel v]&a1 & c tum-tum on 
a piano1  b y nev] he> ( h] do+ a useful
 ?+ or say+ a wise "o4  ,%e plays bridge
 :i/1 = keeps :5 %e w9s1 & owes :5 %e   
loses1 & h] picture 9 flatt]+ half-tone 
(t5 adorns a page (  ! ,sunday ,yell[4  
,%e reveals a beautiful capacity =      
avoid+ all useful ef=t4    ,gibson gilds
 ! ,disagreeable ,girl4    ,%aw pa9ts h]
 z %e is4    ,9 ! ,doll's ,h\se ,h5rik  
,ibs5 has giv5 u ,nora ,hebl]1 a        
,disagreeable ,girl ( mature age1 :o1   
beyond a d\bt1 fir/ set ,george  ,b]n>d 
,%aw a-?9k+4 ,!n look+ ab\t1 ,%aw saw h]
 at e turn  9 e /age ( h] mo?-&-butt]fly

 exi/5ce4    ,& ! ,disagreeable ,girl   
be+ ev]y:]e1 ,%aw1 deal] 9 human  "*1 _c
 write a play & leave h] out1 any m ?an 
!  arti/ ,turn] c\ld pa9t a picture &   
leave man out1 or ,paul ,v]onese        
produce a canvas & omit ! dog4    ,!    
,disagreeable ,girl is a female ( ! g5us
 homo p]suasion1 built  ar\nd a dige/ive
 app>atus t possesses m>k$ m>%mall[     
proclivities4 ,%e is pretty1 pug-nos$1  
p9k1 p]t & poetical2 & at  fir/ glance1 
to ! unw>y1 %e %[s signs ( g5tl5ess &   
intellig5ce4 ,h] age is any:]e f eighte5
 to tw5ty-eight4 ,at  tw5ty-eight %e    
beg9s to evolve into some?+ else1 & h]  
capacity  = h>m is l>gely curtail$1     
because by ?is "t _s has writt5  itself 
9 h] =m & features1 & ! grossness &     
animality :i*  be=e 7 veil$ are becom+  
app>5t4    ,habit writes itself on !    
face1 & body is an automatic record+    
ma*9e4    ,to h a beautiful old age1 y  
mu/ live a beautiful y\?1 = we          
ourselves are po/]ity1 & e man is 8 own 
ance/or4 ,i am to-day  :at ,i am because

 ,i 0 ye/]day :at ,i 04 ,! ,disagreeable
 ,girl is  always pretty1 at lea/ we h  
be5 told %e is pretty1 & %e fully       
accepts ! dictum4    ,%e has also be5   
told %e is clev]1 & %e ?9ks %e is4    ,!
 actual fact is %e is only sassy4    ,! 
f9e fl>+ up ( y\? has t5d$ to set sex   
rampant1 b %e is  n immoral save 9 h]   
m9d4    ,%e has caution to ! v]ge (     
c[>dice1 & s %e is sans repro*e4  ,9    
public %e pret5ds to be da9ty2 b alone1 
or ) ^? = ^:  good op9ion %e does n c>e1
 %e is gross1 co>se & s5sual 9  e       
feature ( h] life4 ,%e eats too mu*1    
does n ex]cise en\gh  & consid]s x amus+
 to let o!r p wait on h] & d = h]  ! ?+s
 %e %\ld d = h]self4 ,h] room is a      
jumble ( disord]4  ,! "o gleam ( hope = 
h] lies 9 ! fact t out ( %ame1 %e  all[s
 no visitor to ent] h] ap>tm5ts if %e c 
help x4 ,concrete  selfi%ness is h] *ief
 m>k4 ,%e w avoid responsibility1       
side-/ep  e duty t calls = hone/ ef=t2  
is untru?ful1 secretive1  indol5t &     
di%one/4    ,:at are y eat+8 asks ,nora 

,hebl]'s husb& z %e ent]s !  room1 n    
expect+ to see him4    ,no?+1 is !      
answ]1 & %e hides ! box ( bonbons beh9d 
h]1  & soon backs out ( ! room4    ,i   
?9k ,mr4 ,hebl] _h no bus9ess to ask h] 
:at %e 0 eat+--no  man %\ld ask any     
woman su* a "q1 & really x 0 no         
diff]5ce anyway4 ,b ,nora is always on !
 def5sive & fabricates  :5 x is         
necess>y1 & :5 x isn't1 j ?r\gh habit4  
,%e w  hide a lett] writt5 by h] gr&mo!r
 z quickly & deftly z if x  7 a missive 
f a guilty lov]4 ,! habit ( h] life is  
"o (  suspicion1 = be+ inw>dly guilty   
h]self1 %e suspects ev]ybody  al?\gh x  
is q likely t crime ) h] has nev] brok5 
?r\gh  ?\ght into de$4 ,nora w rifle h] 
husb&'s pockets1 read 8  note-book1     
exam9e 8 lett]s1 & :5 he goes on a trip 
%e sp5ds  ! day *eck+ up 8 desk1 = h]   
s\l delights 9 duplicate keys4    ,at   
times %e lets drop h9ts ( k conc]n+     
little no?+s  t are none ( h]s1 j to    
my/ify folks4    ,%e does /range1 annoy+
 ?+s simply to see :at o!rs w d4    ,9  

degree1 ,nora's husb& fix$ ! vice (     
f9esse 9 h] nature1 =  :5 ev5 a good    
woman is accus$ %e p>ries by ! use (    
trick]y  & w9s h] po9t by ! arti/ry ( ! 
bagnio4 ,wom5 & m5 are  nev] really f>  
ap>t anyway1 & wom5 are l>gely :at m5 h 
made !m4    ,we are all j gett+ rid (   
our %ackles2 li/5 closely1 any:]e1  ev5 
among hone/ & intellectual p1 if su* !re
 be1 & y c  detect ! rattle ( *a9s4     
,! ,disagreeable ,girl's m9d & s\l h n  
kept pace ) h] body4  ,ye/]day %e 0 a   
slave1 sold 9 a ,circassian m>t1 &      
fre$om to h]  is s new & /range t %e is 
unfamili> ) h] environm5t1 &  %e does n 
"k :at to d ) x4    ,! trag$y %e works1 
accord+ to ,george ,b]n>d ,%aw1 is ?r\gh
 !  fact t v (t5 good m51 bl9d$ by !    
glam\r ( sex1 imag9e  !y love !         
,disagreeable ,girl1 :5 :at !y love is  
_! own  ideal--an image born 9 _! own   
m9ds4    ,nature is bo? a trick/] & a   
humori/1 & ev] sets ! w ( !  species    
beyond ! disc]nm5t ( ! individual4 ,!   
picador has to  bl9dfold 8 horse 9 ord] 

to get him into ! bull-r+1 &  likewise1 
,dan ,cupid does ! myopic to a purpose4 
,= aught we "k1 ! lovely ,beatrice (    
,dante 0 only a ,disagreeable  ,girl1   
clo!d 9 a poet's fancy1 & idealiz$ by a 
dream]4 ,=tunate  0 ,dante t he wor%ipp$
 h] af>1 t he nev] knew h] well  en\gh  
to be undeceiv$1 & s walk$ ?r\gh life 9 
love ) love1  s5sitive1 sa9tly1 sweetly 
sad & mo/ div9ely happy 9 8  melan*oly4 
,! ,neutral    ,!re is kn[n to me a     
prom95t bus9ess h\se t by ! v =ce  ( its
 directness & wor? has incurr$ ! enmity 
( _m rivals4 ,9  fact1 !re is a v g5]al 
conspiracy on h& to put ! in/itution    
d[n & out4 ,9 talk+ ) a "y man employ$  
by ?is h\se1 he  yawn$ & said1 ,oh1 9   
?is qu>rel ,i am neutral4    ,b y get   
y\r bread & butt] f ?is firm1 & 9 a     
matt] :]e  ! v life ( ! in/itution is   
conc]n$1 ,i d n see h[ y c  be a        
neutral4    ,& he *ang$ ! subject4    ,i
 ?9k t if ,i enli/$ 9 ! ,japanese army  
,i w\ld n be a  neutral4    ,bus9ess is 
a fight--a cont9ual /ruggle--j z life   

is4 ,man has  rea*$ 8 pres5t degree (   
developm5t ?r\gh /ruggle4 ,/ruggle  !re 
mu/ be & always w be4 ,! /ruggle began z
 purely physical2  z man evolv$ x %ift$ 
gr\nd to ! m5tal1 psy*ic1 & !           
spiritual1 ) a few da%es ( cave-man     
proclivities /ill left4 ,b  dep5d ^u x1 
! /ruggle w always be--life is activity4
 ,& :5  x gets to be a /ruggle 9        
well-do+1 x w /ill be a /ruggle4  ,:5   
in]tia gets ! bett] ( y x is "t to      
telephone to !  und]tak]4    ,! only    
real neutral 9 ?is game ( life is a dead
 "o4    ,et]nal vigilance is n only !   
price ( lib]ty1 b ( e o!r  good ?+4     
,a bus9ess t is n safegu>d$ on e side by
 active1 al]t1  att5tive1 vigilant m5 is
 gone4 ,z oxyg5 is ! dis9tegrat+        
pr9ciple ( life1 work+ night & day to   
dissolve1 sep>ate1 pull  ap>t &         
dissipate1 s !re is some?+ 9 bus9ess t  
cont9ually  t5ds to scatt]1 de/roy &    
%ift possession f ?is man to t4 ,a      
million mice nibble et]nally at e       
bus9ess v5ture4    ,! mice are n        

neutrals1 & if en\gh employes 9 a       
bus9ess h\se  are neutrals1 ! :ole      
conc]n w ev5tually come tumbl+ ab\t  _! 
e>s4    ,i l t ord] ( ,field-,m>%al     
,oyama3 ,give e honorable neutral  t y  
f9d 9 our l9es ! honorable jiu-jitsu    
hik]9o4        ,reflections on ,progress
    ,r5an has said t tru? is always     
reject$ :5 x comes to a man =  ! fir/   
"t1 its evolution be+ z foll[s3         
,fir/1 we say ! ?+ is rank h]esy1 &     
contr>y to ! ,bible4    ,second1 we say 
! matt] really am\nts to no?+1 anyway4  
,?ird1 we decl>e t we always believ$ x4 
,two hundr$ ye>s ago p>tn]%ips 9 bus9ess
 7 v r>e4 ,a man 9  bus9ess simply made 
?+s & sold !m--& all ! manufactur+ 0    
done by himself & 8 imm$iate family4    
,soon we f9d in/ances (  bro!rs cont9u+ 
! "w ! fa!r _h begun1 z 9 ! case ( !    
,elzevirs & ! ,plant9s1 ! great         
bookmak]s ( ,holl&4 ,to meet ?is        
competition1 f\r pr9t]s1 9 #afdj1 =m$ a 
p>tn]%ip & pool$  _! ef=ts4 ,a local    
writ] by ! "n ( ,van ,krug5 d5\nc$ ^!   

f\r m51 & made savage attacks on        
p>tn]%ips 9 g5]al z wick$  & illegal1 & 
oppos$ to ! be/ int]e/s ( ! p4 ,?is view
  seems to h be5 q g5]al1 = !re 0 a law 
9 ,am/]dam  =bidd+ all p>tn]%ips 9      
bus9ess t 7 n lic5s$ by !  /ate4 ,!     
legislature ( ! ,/ate ( ,miss\ri has    
rec5tly made w> on  ! dep>tm5t /ore 9 ! 
same way1 us+ ! anci5t ,van ,krug5      
argum5t z a reason1 = !re is no         
copyright on /upidity4    ,9 ,london 9 !
 sev5te5? c5tury m5 :o 7 f\nd guilty (  
pool+ _! ef=ts & divid+ pr(its1 7       
convict$ by law &  puni%$ = contumacy1  
contrav5tion & connivance1 & 7 giv5 a   
ta/e ( ! /ocks 9 ! public squ>e4    ,:5 
corporations 7 =m$ = ! fir/ "t1 only a  
few ye>s ago1  !re 0 a f9e bur/ (       
disapproval4 ,! corporation 0 decl>$ a  
s*eme ( oppression1 a hungry octopus1 a 
gr9d] ( ! individual4 ,&  to prove !    
case v>i\s in/ances ( h>d%ip 7 cit$2 &  
no d\bt  !re 0 mu* suff]+1 = _m p are   
nev] able to adju/  !mselves to new     
conditions )\t exp]i5c+ pa9 & regret4   

,b we n[ believe t corporations came    
because !y 7 requir$4  ,c]ta9 ?+s !     
times dem&$1 & no "o man1 or two or ?ree
 m5  c\ld p]=m ^! tasks alone--h5ce !   
corporation4 ,! rise (  ,engl& z a      
manufactur+ nation began ) ! plan ( !   
/ock company4    ,! aggregation kn[n z !
 jo9t-/ock company1 ev]ybody is will+   
n[ to admit1 0 absolutely necess>y 9    
ord] to secure ! ma*9]y1  t is to say1 !
 tools1 ! raw /ock1 ! build+s1 & to     
provide  = ! p]man5ce ( ! v5ture4    ,! 
railroad sy/em ( ,am]ica has built up   
?is c\ntry--on ?is ?+  ( jo9t-/ock      
companies & transportation1 our         
prosp]ity has h+$4  ,comm]ce1 consi/s 9 
c>ry+ ?+s f :]e !y are pl5tiful to  :]e 
!y are ne$$1 says ,em]son4    ,!re are  
t5 comb9ations ( capital 9 ?is c\ntry t 
control ov]  six ?\s& miles ( railroad  
ea*4 ,^! companies h tak5 9 a  l>ge     
numb] ( small l9es2 & _m connect+ l9es (
 tracks h  be5 built4 ,competition ov]  
va/ sections ( c\ntry has be5           
practically oblit]at$1 & ?is has be5    

done s quietly t few  p are aw>e ( !    
*ange4 ,only "o g5]al result ( ?is      
consolidation ( managem5t has be5 felt1 
& t x is bett]  s]vice at less exp5se4  
,no capta9 ( any great indu/rial        
ent]prise  d>es n[ to say1 ,! public be 
damn$1 ev5 if he ev] said x--:i*  ,i mu*
 d\bt4 ,! pa?way to success lies 9 s]v+ 
! public1 n 9  affront+ x4 ,9 no o!r way
 is success possible1 & ?is tru? is s   
pla9 & pat5t t ev5 v simple folk are    
able to recognize x4  ,y c only help    
y\rself by help+ o!rs4    ,?irty ye>s   
ago1 :5 ,p4 ,t4 ,b>num said1 ,! public  
delights 9 be+  humbugg$1 he knew t x 0 
n true1 = he nev] attempt$ to put  !    
axiom 9 practice4 ,he amus$ ! public by 
tell+ x a lie1 b ,p4  ,t4 ,b>num nev]   
tri$ any?+ s risky z deception4 ,ev5 :5 
he li$  we 7 n deceiv$2 tru? c be /at$  
by indirection4 ,:5 my love  tells me %e
 is made ( tru?1 ,i d believe h]1 ?\gh  
,i "k %e  lies4 ,b>num always gave m ?an
 he adv]tis$2 & go+ ov] &  ov] ! same   
t]ritory he cont9u$ to amuse & in/ruct !

 public  = ne>ly =ty ye>s4    ,?is      
t5d5cy to cop]ate is se5 9 su* spl5did  
features z !  ,sa9t ,l\is ,union        
,/ation1 = in/ance1 :]e j tw5ty great   
railroad companies lay aside envy1      
prejudice1 rivalry & :im1 & use  "o     
t]m9al4 ,if competition 7 really ! life 
( trade1 ea*  railroad t ent]s ,sa9t    
,l\is w\ld h a /ation ( its own1 &  !   
public w\ld be put to ! worry1 tr\ble1  
exp5se & endless delay  ( f9d+ :]e x    
want$ to g & h[ to get !re4 ,z x is n[1 
!  entire aim & end ( ! s*eme is to     
r$uce friction1 worry &  exp5se1 & give 
! public ! greate/ accommodation--! be/ 
possible s]vice--to make travel easy &  
life secure4 ,s]vants 9  uni=m meet y z 
y alight1 & answ] y\r e "q--spe$+  y    
c\rte\sly & k9dly on y\r way4 ,!re are  
wom5 to take c>e (  wom51 & nurses to   
take c>e ( *ildr51 & :eel *airs = su* z 
may be infirm or lame4 ,! int5t is to   
s]ve--n to pull y ?is way  & t1 & sell y
 a ticket ov] a c]ta9 road4 ,y are free 
to  *oose y\r r\te & y are free to      

utilize z y\r own ?is great  in/itution 
t co/ a million doll>s1 & t requires !  
pres5ce  ( two hundr$ p to ma9ta94 ,all 
is = y4 ,x is = ! public  & 0 only made 
possible by a on5ess ( aim & desire--t  
is to  say cop]ation4 ,be=e cop]ation   
comes 9 any l9e1 !re is always          
competition pu%$ to a po9t t ?reat5s    
de/ruction & promises  *aos2 !n to div]t
 ru91 m5 devise a bett] way1 a plan t   
cons]ves & economizes1 & behold1 x is   
f\nd 9 cop]ation4    ,civilization is an
 evolution4    ,civilization is n a ?+  
sep>ate & ap>t1 any m ?an art is4       
,art is ! beautiful way ( do+ ?+s4      
,civilization is !  exp$iti\s way ( do+ 
?+s4 ,& z ha/e is (t5 wa/e--! m  hurry !
 less spe$--civilization is ! be/ way ( 
do+ ?+s4    ,z mank9d multiplies 9      
numb]1 ! problem ( supply+ p :at  !y ne$
 is ! important "q ( ,e>?4 ,& mank9d has
 ev] held  out (f]s ( rew>d 9 fame &    
money--bo? be+ =ms ( p[]--to  ^? :o w\ld
 supply x bett] ?+s4    ,tea*]s are ^?  
:o educate ! p to appreciate ! ?+s !y   

ne$4    ,! man :o /udies mank9d1 & f9ds 
out :at m5 really want1 &  !n supplies  
!m ?is1 :e!r x be an ,idea or a ,?+1 is 
! man  :o is cr[n$ ) ! laurel wrea? (   
honor & clo!d ) ri*es4    ,:at p ne$ &  
:at !y want may be v diff]5t4    ,to    
und]take to supply p a ?+ y ?9k !y ne$ b
 :i* !y  d n want1 is to h y\r head     
elevat$ on a pike1 & y\r bones  buri$ 9 
,pott]'s ,field4    ,b wait1 & ! _w w   
yet want ! ?+ t x ne$s1 & y\r  bones w  
!n become sacr$ relics4    ,?is *ange 9 
desire on ! "p ( mank9d is ! result ( ! 
gr[?  ( intellect4    ,x is ,progress1 &
 ,progress is ,evolution1 & ,evolution  
is ,progress4    ,!re are m5 :o are     
cont9ually try+ to pu% ,progress along3 
we call  ^! individuals ,re=m]s4    ,!n 
!re are o!rs :o always oppose !         
,re=m]--! milde/ "n  we h = !m is       
,cons]vative4    ,! ,re=m] is ei!r a    
,savior or a ,rebel1 all dep5d+ on :e!r 
he  succe$s or fails1 & y\r po9t ( view4
 ,he is :at he is1 reg>dless  ( :at o!r 
m5 ?9k ( him4 ,! man :o is indict$ &    

execut$ z  a rebel1 (t5 aft]w>d has ! ^w
 ,savior c>v$ on 8 tomb2 &  sometimes m5
 :o are hail$ z saviors 9 _! day are    
aft]w>d f\nd  to be %am saviors--to wit1
 *>latans4 ,cons]vation is a plan (     
,nature4 ,to keep ! good is to cons]ve4 
,a ,cons]vative is a man :o  puts on !  
brakes :5 he ?9ks ,progress is go+ to l&
 ,civilization  9 ! dit* & wreck ! :ole 
conc]n4    ,brakem5 are necess>y1 b 9 ! 
language ( ,kohele?1 !re is a "t  to    
apply ! brake & !re is a "t to ab/a9 f  
apply+ !  brake4 ,to clog ! :eels       
cont9ually is to /& /ill1 & to /&  /ill 
is to retreat4 ,progress has ne$ ( !    
brakeman1 b ! brakeman  %\ld n occupy   
all ( 8 "t putt+ on ! brakes4    ,!     
,cons]vative is j z necess>y z !        
,radical4 ,! ,cons]vative  keeps !      
,re=m] f go+ too fa/1 & pluck+ ! fruit  
be=e x  is ripe4 ,gov]nm5ts are only    
good :]e !re is /rong ,opposition1  j z 
! planets are held 9 place by !         
opposition ( =ces4 ,&  s civilization   
goes =w>d by /ops & />ts--pu%$ by !     

,re=m]s & held back by ! ,cons]vatives4 
,"o is necess>y to !  o!r1 & !y (t5 %ift
 places4 ,b =w>d & =w>d ,civilization   
=ev] goes--asc]ta9+ ! be/ way ( do+ ?+s4
    ,9 comm]ce we h _h ! ,individual    
,work]1 ! ,p>tn]%ip1 !  ,corporation1 & 
n[ we h ! ,tru/4    ,! ,tru/ is simply  
,corporations =m+ a p>tn]%ip4 ,! ?+ is  
all  an ,evolution--a mov+ =w>d4 ,x is  
all = man & x is all done by  man4 ,x is
 all done ) ! cons5t1 aye1 & approval ( 
man4    ,! ,tru/s 7 made by ! ,p1 & ! ,p
 c & w unmake  !m1 %\ld !y ev] prove an 
eng9e ( oppression4 ,!y exi/ only  dur+ 
good behavior1 & l m51 !y are liv+ "u a 
s5t5ce (  dea?1 ) an indef9ite reprieve4
    ,! ,tru/s are good ?+s because !y   
are economiz]s ( en]gy4 ,!y  cut (f     
wa/e1 increase ! production1 & make a   
panic practically  impossible4    ,!    
,tru/s are "h 9 spite ( ! m5 :o ?9k !y  
orig9at$ !m1  & 9 spite ( ! ,re=m]s :o  
turn$ ,cons]vatives &  oppos$ !m4    ,! 
next move ( ,evolution w be ! age (     
,socialism4 ,socialism means  ! op]ation

 ( all indu/ries by ! p1 & = ! p4       
,socialism is cop]ation in/ead (        
competition4 ,competition has be5 s     
g5]al t economi/s mi/ook x = a law (    
nature1 :5 x 0 only  an incid5t4        
,competition is no m a law ( nature ?an 
is hate4 ,hate 0 once s  ?or\ghly       
believ$ 9 t we gave x p]sonality & call$
 x  ! ,devil4    ,we h bani%$ ! ,devil  
by educat+ p to "k t he :o works  has no
 "t to hate & no ne$ to fe>1 & by ?is   
same means1  education1 w ! p be prep>$ 
= ! age ( ,socialism4    ,! ,tru/s are  
n[ gett+ ?+s ready = ,socialism4        
,socialism is a ,tru/ ( ,tru/s4         
,humanity is gr[+ 9 intellect1 9        
pati5ce1 9 k9dness--9 love4 ,&  :5 ! "t 
is ripe1 ! p w /ep 9 & take peaceful    
possession ( _! own1 & ! ,cop]ative     
,commonweal? w give to  ea* "o 8 due4   
,sympa?y1 ,k & ,poise    ,sympa?y1 ,k & 
,poise seem to be ! ?ree +r$i5ts t are  
mo/ ne$$ 9 =m+ ! ,g5tle ,man4 ,i place  
^! elem5ts accord+  to _! value4 ,no man
 is great :o does n h ,sympa?y plus1 & !

  greatness ( m5 c be safely gaug$ by _!
 sympa?ies4 ,sympa?y &  imag9ation are  
tw9 si/]s4 ,y\r he>t mu/ g out to all   
m51 !  high1 ! l[1 ! ri*1 ! poor1 !     
le>n$1 ! unle>n$1 ! good1  ! bad1 ! wise
 & ! fooli%--x is necess>y to be "o ) !m
  all1 else y c nev] compreh5d !m4      
,sympa?y6--x is ! t\*/one  to e secret1 
! key to all k1 ! op5 sesame ( all      
he>ts4 ,put y\rself 9 ! o!r man's place 
& !n y w "k :y  he ?9ks c]ta9 ?+s & does
 c]ta9 de$s4 ,put y\rself 9 8  place &  
y\r blame w dissolve itself into pity1 &
 y\r te>s w  wipe out ! record ( 8      
misde$s4 ,! saviors ( ! _w h  simply be5
 m5 ) wondr\s sympa?y4    ,b ,k mu/ g ) 
,sympa?y1 else ! emotions w become      
maudl9 & pity may be wa/$ on a poodle   
in/ead ( a *ild2 on a  field-m\se in/ead
 ( a human s\l4 ,k 9 use is wisdom1 &   
wisdom implies a s5se ( values--y "k a  
big ?+ f a little  "o1 a valuable fact f
 a trivial "o4 ,trag$y & com$y are      
simply  que/ions ( value3 a little      
misfit 9 life makes u laugh1 a great "o 

is trag$y & cause = expression ( grief4 
,poise is ! /r5g? ( body & /r5g? ( m9d  
to control y\r  ,sympa?y & y\r ,k4      
,unless y control y\r emotions !y run   
ov] & y /& 9 ! mire4 ,sympa?y mu/ n run 
riot1 or x is  valueless & tok5s        
weakness in/ead ( /r5g?4 ,9 e hospital =
  n]v\s disord]s are to be f\nd _m      
in/ances ( ?is loss (  control4 ,!      
individual has ,sympa?y b n ,poise1 &   
!re=e 8  life is wor?less to himself &  
to ! _w4    ,he symbols ineffici5cy & n 
helpfulness4 ,poise reveals itself m  9 
voice ?an x does 9 words2 m 9 ?\ght ?an 
9 action2 m 9  atmosph]e ?an 9 consci\s 
life4 ,x is a spiritual quality1 & is   
felt m ?an x is se54 ,x is n a matt] (  
bodily size1 nor (  bodily attitude1 nor
 attire1 nor ( p]sonal comel9ess3 x is a
 /ate  ( inw>d be+1 & ( kn[+ y\r cause  
is j4 ,& s y see x is  a great & pr(\nd 
subject aft] all1 great 9 its           
ramifications1  limitless 9 ext5t1      
imply+ ! entire sci5ce ( "r liv+4 ,i    
once  met a man :o 0 de=m$ 9 body &     

little m ?an a dw>f1 b :o  _h su*       
,spiritual ,gravity--su* ,poise--t to   
ent] a room :]e he  01 0 to feel 8      
pres5ce & ackn[l$ge 8 sup]iority4 ,to   
all[  ,sympa?y to wa/e itself on unwor?y
 objects is to deplete "o's life  =ces4 
,to cons]ve is ! "p ( wisdom1 & res]ve  
is a necess>y  elem5t 9 all good        
lit]ature1 z well z 9 ev]y?+ else4      
,poise be+ ! control ( our ,sympa?y &   
,k1 x implies a  possession ( ^!        
attributes1 = )\t hav+ ,sympa?y &  ,k y 
h no?+ to control b y\r physical body4  
,to  practise ,poise z a m]e gymna/ic   
ex]cise1 or /udy 9 etiquette1 is  to be 
self-consci\s1 /iff1 prepo/]\s &        
ridicul\s4 ,^? :o cut  su* fanta/ic     
tricks be=e high heav5 z make angels    
weep1 are m5  void ( ,sympa?y & ,k try+ 
to cultivate ,poise4 ,_! sci5ce  is a   
m]e matt] ( :at to d ) arms & legs4     
,poise is a "q  ( _s controll+ fle%1    
he>t controll+ attitude4    ,get ,k by  
com+ close to ,nature4 ,t man is !      
greate/ :o  be/ s]ves 8 k9d4 ,sympa?y & 

,k are = use--y acquire  t y may give   
out2 y accumulate t y may be/[4 ,& z    
,god  has giv5 unto y ! sublime bless+s 
( ,sympa?y & ,k1  !re w come to y ! wi% 
to reveal y\r gratitude by giv+ !m  out 
aga92 = ! wise man is aw>e t we reta9   
spiritual qualities  only z we give !m  
away4 ,let y\r light %9e4 ,to him t ha? 
%all  be giv54 ,! ex]cise ( wisdom br+s 
wisdom2 & at ! la/ !  inf9itesimal      
quantity ( man's k1 comp>$ ) ! ,inf9ite1
  & ! smallness ( man's ,sympa?y :5     
comp>$ ) ! s\rce f  :i* ours is absorb$1
 w evolve an abnegation & a humility t  
w l5d a p]fect ,poise4 ,! ,g5tleman is a
 man ) p]fect ,sympa?y1  ,k1 & ,poise4  
,love & ,fai?    ,no woman is wor?y to  
be a wife :o on ! day ( h] m>riage is n 
lo/ absolutely & entirely 9 an atmosph]e
 ( love & p]fect tru/2  ! supreme       
sacr$ness ( ! relation is ! only ?+ :i*1
 at !  "t1 %\ld possess h] s\l4 ,is %e a
 bawd t %e %\ld b>ga98    ,wom5 %\ld n  
obey m5 anymore ?an m5 %\ld obey wom54  
,!re  are six requisites 9 e happy      

m>riage2 ! fir/ is ,fai?1 & !  rema9+   
five are ,confid5ce4 ,no?+ s complim5ts 
a man z = a  woman to believe 9         
him--no?+ s pleases a woman z = a man to
  place confid5ce 9 h]4    ,obey8 ,god  
help me6 ,yes1 if ,i lov$ a woman1 my   
:ole he>t's desire  w\ld be to obey h]  
slighte/ wi%4 ,& h[ c\ld ,i love h]     
unless ,i  _h p]fect confid5ce t %e w\ld
 only aspire to :at 0 beautiful1  true &
 "r8 ,& to enable h] to realize ?is     
ideal1 h] wi% w\ld  be to me a sacr$    
comm&2 & h] attitude ( m9d t[>d me ,i "k
  w\ld be ! same4 ,& ! only rivalry     
betwe5 u w\ld be z to :o  c\ld love !   
mo/2 & ! desire to obey w\ld be ! "o    
controll+  impulse ( our lives4    ,we  
ga9 fre$om by giv+ x1 & he :o be/[s fai?
 gets x back )  int]e/4 ,to b>ga9 &     
/ipulate 9 love is to lose4    ,! woman 
:o /ops ! m>riage c]emony & reque/s !   
m9i/] to  omit ! ^w obey1 is s[+ ! fir/ 
se$ ( d\bt & di/ru/  t lat] may come to 
fruition 9 ! divorce c\rt4    ,! haggl+ 
& bick]+s ( settlem5ts & d[ries t       

usually  prec$e ! m>riage ( blood &     
doll>s are ! unhe$$ w>n+s  t mis]y1     
he>ta*e1 suff]+1 & disgrace await !     
pr9cipals4    ,p]fect fai? implies      
p]fect love2 & p]fect love ca/e? out    
fe>4  ,x is always ! fe> ( imposition1 &
 a lurk+ int5t to rule1 t  causes !     
woman to haggle ov] a ^w--x is abs5ce ( 
love1 a  limitation1 an incapacity4 ,!  
price ( a p]fect love is an absolute  & 
complete surr5d]4    ,keep back "p ( !  
price & y\rs w be ! fate ( ,ananias &   
,sapphira4 ,y\r doom is swift & sure4   
,to w9 all we mu/ give all4        ,giv+
 ,some?+ = ,no?+    ,to give a man      
some?+ = no?+ t5ds to make ! individual 
dissatisfi$ ) himself4    ,y\r enemies  
are ! ones y h help$4    ,& :5 an       
individual is dissatisfi$ ) himself he  
is dissatisfi$  ) ! :ole _w--& ) y4     
,a man's qu>rel ) ! _w is only a qu>rel 
) himself4 ,b s  /rong is ?is incl9ation
 to lay blame else:]e & take cr$it to   
ourselves1 t :5 we are unhappy we say x 
is ! fault ( ?is woman  or t man4       

,especially d wom5 attribute _! mis]y to
 ,t ,man4    ,& (t5 ! tr\ble is he has  
giv5 h] too mu* = no?+4    ,?is tru? is 
a rev]sible1 back-action "o1 well       
lubricat$ by use1  work+ bo? ways--z !  
case may be4    ,nobody b a begg> has   
really def9ite ideas conc]n+ 8 rights4  
,p :o give mu*--:o love mu*--d n haggle4
    ,t =m ( affection :i* drives %>p    
b>ga9s & makes dem&s1  gets a *eck on ! 
bank 9 :i* !re is no balance4    ,!re is
 no?+ s co/ly z some?+ y get = no?+4    
,my fri5d ,tom ,l[ry1 ,magnate 9        
,ord9>y1 ( ,m9neapolis & ! ea/  side (  
,wall ,/reet1 has rec5tly _h a little   
exp]i5ce t proves  my po9t4    ,a /urdy 
begg>-man1 a specim5 ( decay$ g5tility1 
once call$ on  ,tammas ) a h>d-luck /ory
 & a ,family ,bible1 & ask$ = a small   
loan on ! ,good ,book4    ,to be        
compell$ to soak ! ,family ,bible w\ld  
surely melt ! he>t (  gneiss6    ,tom 0 
melt$4    ,tom made ! loan b refus$ !   
collat]al1 /at+ he _h no use =  x4      
,:i* 0 ,god's tru? = once4    ,9 a few  

weeks ! man came back1 & tri$ to tell   
,tom 8 h>d-luck  /ory conc]n+ ! ,cold   
,+ratitude ( a ,cruel ,_w4    ,tom said1
 ,sp>e me ! sl[ music & ! recital--,i h 
tr\bles (  my own4 ,i ne$ mir? & good   
*e]--take ?is doll>1 & peace be  ) y4   
,peace be multipli$ unto !e1 said !     
begg>1 & dep>t$4 ,!  next mon? ! man    
return$1 & began to tell ,tom a tale (  
,cruelty1  ,inju/ice & ,+ratitude4      
,tom 0 ril$--he _h 8 magnate bus9ess to 
att5d to1 & he made a  rem>k 9 italics4 
,! begg> said1 ,mr4 ,l[ry1 if y _h y\r  
bus9ess  a little bett] sy/ematiz$1 ,i  
w\ld n h to tr\ble y  p]sonally--:y     
don't y j speak to y\r ca%i]8 ,& ! great
  man1 :o once took a p>ty ( fri5ds out 
= a tally-ho ride1 &  ?r\gh m5tal habit 
collect$ five c5ts f ea* gue/1 0 s      
pleas$ at ! ?\ght ( relief t he press$ !
 buzz]4 ,! ca%i]  came1 & ,tom said1    
,put ?is man ,grabheim] on y\r pay-roll1
 give him  two doll>s n[ & ! same ! fir/
 ( e mon?4    ,!n turn+ to ! begg>-man1 
,tom said1 ,n[ get out ( "h--hurry1     

vamose1 hike--& be damn$ to y6    ,!    
same to y & _m ( !m1 said ,8 ,effluvia  
politely1 &  )drew4    ,all ?is happ5$  
two ye>s ago4 ,! begg> got 8 money      
regul>ly =  a ye>1 & !n 9 audit+ acc\nts
 ,tom f\nd ! "n on !  pay-roll1 & z ,tom
 c\ld n rememb] h[ ! "n got !re1 he at  
fir/ ?\ght ! pay-roll 0 be+ /uff$4      
,anyway he ord]$ !  begg>'s "n /rick5 (f
 ! ro/]1 & ! elevator man 0  in/ruct$ to
 en=ce ! edict aga9/ begg>s4    ,n be+  
all[$ to see 8 man1 ! begg> wrote him   
lett]s--d5unciatory1 sc&al\s1 abusive1  
?reat5+4 ,f9ally !  begg> laid ! matt]  
be=e an obese limb o' ! ,law1 ,jagg]s1 (
 !  firm ( ,jagg]s  ,jagg]s1 :o took !  
case on a cont+5t fee4    ,! case came  
to trial1 & ,jagg]s prov$ 8 case se     
(f5d5do--argal3 x 0 %[n by ! def5dant's 
books t ,8  ,bact]ia _h be5 on !        
pay-roll & 8 "n _h be5 /rick5 (f  )\t   
sugge/ion1 reque/1 cause1 reason or     
fault ( 8 own4    ,8 ,crab%ip prov$ !   
contract1 & ,tom got x 9 ! mazz>d4      
,judgm5t = pla9tiff1 ) co/s4 ,! begg>   

got ! money &  ,m9neapolis ,tom got !   
exp]i5ce4 ,tom said ! man w\ld lose !   
money1 b he himself has gott5 ! "p t w  
be 8 =  n9ety-n9e ye>s4 ,surely ! _s (  
ju/ice does n sleep & !re  is a b5efic5t
 & wise ,provid5ce t wat*es ov]         
magnates4        ,"w & ,wa/e    ,^!     
tru?s ,i hold to be self-evid5t3 ,t man 
0 made to be happy2  t happ9ess is only 
atta9able ?r\gh useful ef=t2 t ! v  be/ 
way to help ourselves is to help o!rs1 &
 (t5 ! be/ way to  help o!rs is to m9d  
our own bus9ess2 t useful ef=t means !  
prop] ex]cise ( all our faculties2 t we 
gr[ only ?r\gh  ex]cise2 t education    
%\ld cont9ue ?r\gh life1 & ! joys (     
m5tal endeavor %\ld be1 especially1 !   
solace ( ! old2 t :]e  m5 alt]nate "w1  
play & /udy 9 "r proportion1 ! organs ( 
! m9d are ! la/ to fail1 & dea? = su*   
has no t]rors4    ,t ! possession (     
weal? c nev] make a man exempt f useful 
manual labor2 t if all w\ld "w a little1
 no "o w\ld !n be  ov]work$2 t if no "o 
wa/$1 all w\ld h en\gh2 t if none  7    

ov]f$1 none w\ld be und]f$2 t ! ri* &   
educat$ ne$  education q z mu* z ! poor 
& illit]ate2 t ! pres5ce (  a s]v+ class
 is an indictm5t & a disgrace to our    
civilization2  t ! disadvantage ( hav+ a
 s]v+ class falls mo/ ^u ^?  :o are     
s]v$1 & n ^u ^? :o s]ve--j z ! real     
curse (  slav]y fell ^u ! slave-own]s4  
,t p :o are wait$ on by a s]v+ class _c 
h a "r  consid]ation = ! rights ( o!rs1 
& !y wa/e bo? "t &  sub/ance1 bo? ( :i* 
are lo/ =ev]1 & c only seem+ly be  made 
good by additional human ef=t4    ,t !  
p]son :o lives on ! labor ( o!rs1 n giv+
 himself 9  return to ! be/ ( 8 ability1
 is really a consum] ( human life  &    
!re=e mu/ be consid]$ no bett] ?an a    
cannibal4    ,t ea* "o liv+ naturally w 
d ! ?+ he c d be/1 b  t 9 useful s]vice 
!re is no high nor l[4    ,t to set ap>t
 "o day 9 sev5 z holy is really absurd &
 s]ves  only to loos5 our grasp on !    
tangible pres5t4    ,t all duties1      
(fices & ?+s :i* are useful & necess>y  
to  humanity are sacr$1 & t no?+ else is

 or c be sacr$4        ,! ,law (        
,ob$i5ce    ,! v fir/ item 9 ! cre$ (   
common s5se is ,ob$i5ce4    ,p]=m y\r "w
 ) a :ole he>t4    ,revolt may be       
sometimes necess>y1 b ! man :o tries to 
mix revolt  & ob$i5ce is doom$ to       
disappo9t himself & ev]ybody ) :om he   
has deal+s4 ,to flavor "w ) prote/ is to
 fail absolutely4    ,:5 y revolt1 :y   
revolt--climb1 hike1 get out1 defy--tell
 ev]ybody  & ev]y?+ to g to hades6 ,t   
disposes ( ! case4 ,y ?us  sep>ate      
y\rself entirely f ^? y h s]v$--no "o   
misund]/&s y--y h decl>$ y\rself4    ,! 
man :o quits 9 disgu/ :5 ord]$ to p]=m a
 task :i* he  consid]s m5ial or unju/   
may be a pretty good fell[1 b 9 ! wrong 
environm5t1 b ! malcont5t :o takes y\r  
ord] ) a smile &  !n secretly disobeys1 
is a dang]\s proposition4 ,to pret5d to 
obey1  & yet c>ry 9 y\r he>t ! _s (     
revolt is to d half-he>t$1  slip%od "w4 
,if revolt & ob$i5ce are equal 9 p[]1   
y\r eng9e  w !n /op on ! c5t] & y b5efit
 no "o1 n ev5 y\rself4    ,! _s (       

ob$i5ce is ! controll+ impulse t        
dom9ates !  receptive m9d & ! hospitable
 he>t4 ,!re are boats t m9d !  helm &   
!re are boats t d n4 ,^? t d n1 get     
holes  knock$ 9 !m soon] or lat]4    ,to
 keep (f ! rocks1 obey ! rudd]4         
,ob$i5ce is n to slavi%ly obey ?is man  
or t1 b x is t  *e]ful m5tal /ate :i*   
responds to ! necessity ( ! case1 &     
does ! ?+ )\t any back talk--unutt]$ or 
express$4    ,ob$i5ce to !              
in/itution--loyalty6 ,! man :o has n    
le>n$ to  obey has tr\ble ahead ( him e 
/ep ( ! way4 ,! _w has x 9  = him       
cont9ually1 because he has x 9 = ! _w4  
,! man :o does n "k h[ to receive ord]s 
is n fit to issue !m  to o!rs4 ,b !     
individual :o kn[s h[ to execute ! ord]s
 giv5  him is prep>+ ! way to issue     
ord]s1 & bett] /ill--to h  !m obey$4    
,society's ,saviors    ,all ad[n ! ages 
society has made ! mi/ake ( nail+ its   
,saviors  to ! cross betwe5 ?ieves4     
,t is to say1 society has recogniz$ 9 ! 
,savior a v dang]\s  quality--some?+    

ab\t him ak9 to a ?ief1 & 8 c>e] has be5
  sudd5ly cut %ort4    ,we h telephones 
& trolly c>s1 yet we h n travel$ f> into
  ! realm ( _s1 & our ,x-ray has giv5 u 
no insight into !  he>t ( ?+s4          
,society is s dull & d5se1 s lack+ 9    
spiritual vision1 s dumb  & s bea/-l t x
 does n "k ! diff]5ce betwe5 a ?ief  & !
 only ,begott5 ,son4 ,9 a frantic ef=t  
to =get its holl[ness  x takes to       
p+-pong1 p>*esi & progressive eu*re1 &  
seeks to  lose itself & f9d solace &    
consolation 9 tiddle-dy-w9ks4    ,we are
 told 9 gl>+ head-l9es & accurate       
photographic  reproductions ( a conf]5ce
 held by lead]s 9 society to settle a   
matt] ( grave import4 ,0 x to build     
te*nical s*ools & provide a  means =    
practical & useful education8 ,0 x a    
plan ( build+  mod]n t5em5t h\ses along 
sci5tific & sanit>y l9es8 ,0 x  call$ to
 provide funds = sci5tific rese>* (     
v>i\s k9ds t  w\ld add to human k &     
prove a b5efit to mank9d8 ,no1 x 0  none
 ( ^!4 ,?is body met to det]m9e :e!r !  

crook 9 a c]ta9  bulldog's tail 0       
natural or _h be5 produc$ artificially4 
,%\ld ! ,savior come to-day & prea* !   
same gospel t ,he taught  be=e1 society 
w\ld see t ,8 exp]i5ce 0 repeat$4 ,n[ & 
!n  x bl9ks /upidly & cries1 ,away )    
,him6 or x /ops its game long  en\gh to 
pass gall & v9eg> on a spe> to ,"o x has
 ?ru/  beyond ! pale4    ,= ! woman :o  
has lov$ mu* society has b "o v]dict3   
crucify  h]6 ,! be/ & ! wor/ are hang$  
on "o tree4    ,9 ! ab&on ( a great love
 !re exi/s a godlike quality :i*  places
 a woman v close to ! holy ( holies1 yet
 su* a "o1 n  hav+ compli$ ) ! edicts ( 
society1 is ?ru/ unc]emoni\sly  =?1 &   
society1 ,pilate-l1 wa%es its h&s 9     
innoc5cy4        ,prep>+ = ,old ,age    
,socrates 0 once ask$ by a pupil1 ?is   
"q3 ,:at k9d ( p  %all we be :5 we rea* 
,elysium8    ,& ! answ] 0 ?is3 ,we %all 
be ! same k9d ( p t we  7 "h4    ,if !re
 is a life aft] ?is1 we are prep>+ = x  
n[1 j z ,i am  to-day prep>+ = my life  
to-morr[4    ,:at k9d ( a man %all ,i be

 to-morr[8 ,oh1 ab\t ! same k9d ( a  man
 t ,i am n[4 ,! k9d ( a man t ,i %all be
 next mon? dep5ds  ^u ! k9d ( a man t ,i
 h be5 ?is mon?4    ,if ,i am mis]able  
to-day1 x is n )9 ! r\nd ( probabilities
  t ,i %all be supremely happy to-morr[4
 ,heav5 is a habit4 ,& if we  are go+ to
 ,heav5 we w\ld bett] be gett+ us$ to x4
    ,life is a prep>ation = ! future2 & 
! be/ prep>ation = !  future is to live 
z if !re 7 none4    ,we are prep>+ all !
 "t = old age4 ,! two ?+s t make old    
age beautiful are resignation & a j     
consid]ation = ! rights  ( o!rs4    ,9 !
 play ( ,ivan ! ,t]rible1 ! int]e/ c5t]s
 ar\nd "o man1  ! ,cz> ,ivan4 ,if       
anybody b ,ri*>d ,mansfield play$ ! "p1 
!re  w\ld be no?+ 9 x4 ,we simply get a 
glimpse into ! life ( a  tyrant :o has  
run ! full gamut ( goos$om1 grump9ess1  
selfi%ness  & gr\*4 ,incid5tally ?is man
 _h ! p[] to put o!r m5 to  dea?1 & ?is 
he does & has done z 8 :im & temp] might
  dictate4 ,he has be5 v9dictive1 cruel1
 qu>relsome1 tyrannical &  t]rible4 ,n[ 

t he feels ! approa* ( dea?1 he w\ld    
make 8  peace ) ,god4 ,b he has delay$ t
 matt] too long4 ,he didn't  realize 9  
y\? & middle life t he 0 !n prep>+ = old
 age4    ,man is ! result ( cause &     
effect1 & ! causes are to a degree 9    
our h&s4 ,life is a fluid1 & well has x 
be5 call$ ! /ream (  life--we are go+1  
fl[+ some:]e4 ,/rip ,ivan ( 8 robes &   
cr[n1 & he might be an old f>m] & live 9
 ,eb5ez]4 ,e t[n  & village has its     
,ivan4 ,to be an ,ivan1 j turn y\r temp]
 loose  & practise cruelty on any p]son 
or ?+ )9 y\r rea*1 & !  result w be a   
sure prep>ation = a qu]ul\s1 qu>relsome1
 pickety1  snipity1 fussy & fooli% old  
age1 acc5t$ ) _m outbur/s (  wra? t are 
t]rible 9 _! futility & ineffectiv5ess4 
,babyhood has no monopoly on ! tantrum4 
,! *>act]s ( ,k+ ,le>  & ,ivan !        
,t]rible h mu* 9 common4 ,"o might almo/
 believe  t ! writ] ( ,ivan _h felt !   
incomplet5ess ( ,le>1 & _h  se5 !       
absurdity ( mak+ a melodramatic bid =   
sympa?y 9 behalf  ( ?is old man ?ru/ out

 by 8 daught]s4    ,le>1 ! tr\blesome1  
,le> to ^: limb] tongue !re 0 con/antly 
leap+ words unpr9table & names ( t>1    
des]ves no s(t pity at our  h&s4 ,all 8 
life he _h be5 tra9+ 8 ?ree daught]s =  
exactly  ! treatm5t he 0 to receive4    
,all 8 life ,le> _h be5 lubricat+  !    
*ute t 0 to give him a quick ride out   
into t black  midnight /orm4    ,oh1 h[ 
%>p] ?an a s]p5t's too? x is to h a     
?ankless  *ild1 he cries4    ,!re is    
some?+ q z bad z a ?ankless *ild1 & t is
 a  ?ankless p>5t--an irate1 irascible  
p>5t :o possesses an  und]gr\nd         
vocabul>y & a disposition to use x4     
,! false note 9 ,le> lies 9 giv+ to him 
a daught] l  ,cordelia4 ,tol/oy &       
,mansfield r+ true1 & ,ivan ! ,t]rible  
is  :at he is )\t apology1 excuse or    
explanation4 ,take x or leave  x--if y d
 n l plays ( ?is k9d1 g to see          
,vaudeville4    ,mansfield's ,ivan is   
t]rible4 ,! ,cz> is n old 9 ye>s--n ov] 
sev5ty--b y c see t ,dea? is sniff+     
close ^u 8 track4  ,ivan has lo/ ! p[] (

 repose4 ,he _c li/51 weigh &           
decide--he has no ?\ght or consid]ation 
= any man or ?+--?is is  8 habit ( life4
 ,8 bony h&s are nev] /ill--! f+]s op5 &
  %ut1 & pick at ?+s et]nally4 ,he      
fumbles ! cross on 8 brea/1  adju/s 8   
jewels1 scrat*es 8 cosmos1 plays !      
devil's tattoo1 gets  up n]v\sly & looks
 beh9d ! ?rone1 holds 8 brea? to li/54  
,:5 p address him1 he damns !m savagely 
if !y kneel1 & if  !y /& upright he     
accuses !m ( lack ( respect4 ,he asks t 
he  be reliev$ f ! c>es ( /ate1 & !n    
trembles = fe> 8  p w take him at 8 ^w4 
,:5 ask$ to rema9 rul] ( ,russia  he    
proce$s to curse 8 c\ncilors & accuses  
!m ( load+ him )  burd5s t !y !mselves  
w\ld n endeavor to be>4    ,he is a     
victim ( amor s5ilis1 & "r "h if        
,mansfield took "o  /ep m 8 realism w\ld
 be appall+1 b he /ops 9 "t &  sugge/s  
:at he d>es n express4 ,?is tott]+1     
dodd]+1  slobb]+1 sniffl+ old man is 9  
love--he is ab\t to w$ a "y1  beautiful 
girl4 ,he selects jewels = h]--he makes 

rem>ks ab\t :at  w\ld become h] beauty1 
je]s & laughs 9 crack$ falsetto4 ,9 !   
animality ( y\? !re is some?+ pleas+--x 
is natural--b !  vices ( an old man1 :5 
!y h become only m5tal1 are mo/         
revolt+4    ,! p ab\t ,ivan are 9 mortal
 t]ror ( him1 = he is /ill !  absolute  
mon>*--he has ! p[] to promote or       
disgrace1 to take _!  lives or let !m g 
free4 ,!y laugh :5 he laughs1 cry :5 he 
does1  & wat* 8 fleet+ moods ) ?ump+    
he>ts4    ,he is int5sely religi\s &    
affects ! robe & c[l ( a prie/4  ,ar\nd 
8 neck hangs ! crucifix4 ,8 fe> is t he 
w die ) no  opportunity ( confession &  
absolution4 ,he prays to ,high ,heav5 e 
mom5t1 kisses ! cross1 & 8 too?less old 
m\? int]jects pray]s  to ,god & curses  
on man 9 ! same brea?4    ,if any "o is 
talk+ to him he looks ! o!r way1 slips  
d[n until  8 %\ld]s occupy ! ?rone1     
scrat*es 8 leg1 & keeps up a  runn+     
comm5t ( insult--,aye1 ,oh1 ,( c\rse1   
,c]ta9ly1 ,ugh1  ,li/5 to him n[6 ,!re  
is a com$y side to all ?is :i* relieves 

! trag$y & keeps ! play f becom+        
disgu/+4    ,glimpses ( ,ivan's pa/ are 
giv5 9 8 j]ky confessions--he is !  mo/ 
mis]able & unhappy ( m51 & y behold t he
 is reap+ z  he has s[n4    ,all 8 life 
he has be5 prep>+ = ?is4 ,ea* day has   
be5 a  prep>ation = ! next4 ,ivan dies 9
 a fit ( wra?1 hurl+ curses  on 8 family
 & c\rt--dies 9 a fit ( wra? into :i* he
 has be5  purposely taunt$ by a man :o  
kn[s t ! outbur/ is c]ta9 to  kill !    
weak5$ mon>*4    ,:]e does ,ivan !      
,t]rible g :5 ,dea? closes 8 eyes8    ,i
 "k n4 ,b ?is ,i believe3 ,no           
confessional c absolve him--no  prie/   
b5efit him--no ,god =give him4 ,he has  
damn$ himself1 & he  began ! "w 9 y\?4  
,he 0 gett+ ready all 8 life = ?is old  
age1 & ?is old age 0 gett+ ready = !    
fif? act4    ,! playwright does n say s1
 ,mansfield does n say s1 b ?is is  !   
lesson3 ,hate is a poison--wra? is a    
tox9--s5suality leads to  dea?--clut*+  
selfi%ness is a light+ ( ! fires ( hell4
 ,x is  all a prep>ation--cause &       

effect4    ,if y are ev] absolv$1 y mu/ 
absolve y\rself1 = no "o else  c4 ,& !  
soon] y beg91 ! bett]4    ,we (t5 he> ( 
! beauties ( old age1 b ! only old age t
 is  beautiful is ! "o ! man has long   
be5 prep>+ = by liv+ a  beautiful life4 
,e "o ( u are "r n[ prep>+ = old age4   
,!re may be a sub/itute some:]e 9 ! _w =
 ,good ,nature1 b ,i  d n "k :]e x c be 
f\nd4    ,! secret ( salvation is ?is3  
,keep ,sweet4        ,an ,alliance )    
,nature    ,my fa!r is a doctor :o has  
practis$ m$ic9e = sixty-five ye>s1  & is
 /ill practis+4    ,i am a doctor       
myself4    ,i am fifty ye>s old2 my fa!r
 is eighty-five4 ,we live 9 ! same      
h\se1 & daily we ride horseback toge!r  
or tramp ?ru ! fields &  woods4 ,to-day 
we did our little jaunt ( five miles &  
back  'cross c\ntry4    ,i h nev] be5   
ill a day--nev] consult$ a physician 9 a
  pr(essional way1 & 9 fact1 nev] miss$ 
a meal ?r\gh inability to  eat4 ,z = !  
au?or ( ! au?or ( ,a ,message to ,g>cia1
 he holds1  esot]ically1 to ! idea t !  

hot p$aluvia & small doses ( hop  tea w 
cure mo/ ailm5ts t are curable1 & s f>  
all ( 8 own  ails h be5 curable--a po9t 
he c prove4    ,! value ( ! p$aluvia    
lies 9 ! fact t x t5ds to equalize      
circulation1 n to m5tion ! little matt] 
( sanitation2 & !  efficacy ( ! hops    
lies l>gely 9 ! fact t !y are bitt] &   
disagreeable to take4    ,bo? ( ^!      
prescriptions give ! pati5t ! soo?+     
?\ght t  some?+ is be+ done = him1 & at 
! v wor/ c nev] d him  s]i\s h>m4    ,my
 fa!r & ,i are n fully agre$ on all (   
life's !mes1 s  exi/5ce = u nev]        
resolves itself into a dull1 neutral    
gray4 ,he is  a ,bapti/ & ,i am a       
,veget>ian4 ,occasionally he ref]s to me
 z  call[1 & we h daily resorts to logic
 to prove prejudices1 &  hi/ory is se>*$
 to bol/] ! preconceiv$1 b on ! foll[+  
important po9ts we /& toge!r1 solid z "o
 man3    ,fir/4 ,n9ety-n9e p out ( a    
hundr$ :o g to a physician h no  organic
 disease1 b are m]ely suff]+ f "s       
symptom ( _! own  indiscretion4         

,second4 ,individuals :o h diseases1 n9e
 times out ( t51 are  suff]+ only f !   
accumulat$ evil effects ( m$ication4    
,?ird4 ,h5ce we get ! proposition3 ,mo/ 
diseases are ! result (  m$ication :i*  
has be5 prescrib$ to relieve & take away
 a  b5efic5t & w>n+ symptom on ! "p (   
wise ,nature4    ,mo/ ( ! "w ( doctors 9
 ! pa/ has be5 to prescribe =  symptoms2
 ! diff]5ce betwe5 actual disease & a   
symptom be+  some?+ t ! av]age man does 
n ev5 yet "k4    ,& ! curi\s "p is t on 
^! po9ts all physicians1 among          
!mselves1 are fully agre$4 ,:at ,i say  
"h be+ m]ely truism1  trit5ess &        
commonplace4    ,la/ week1 9 talk+ ) an 
em95t surgeon 9 ,buffalo1 he said1 ,i  h
 p]=m$ ov] a ?\s& op]ations ( lap>otomy1
 & my records  %[ t 9 e in/ance1 except+
 9 cases ( accid5t1 !  individual 0 giv5
 to :at y call ! ',bee*am ,habit4'    ,!
 p y see wait+ 9 ! lobbies ( doctors'   
(fices are1 9 a  va/ majority ( cases1  
suff]+ ?ru poison+ caus$ by an excess ( 
food4 ,c\pl$ ) ?is goes ! bad results ( 

imp]fect brea?+1  irregul> sleep1 lack (
 ex]cise1 & improp] use ( /imulants1 or 
hold+ ! ?\ght ( fe>1 jeal\sy & hate4    
,all ( ^! ?+s1 or  any "o ( !m1 w1 9 v  
_m p]sons1 cause fev]1 *ills1 cold      
feet1 conge/ion & faulty elim9ation4    
,to adm9i/] drugs to a man suff]+ f     
malnutrition caus$ by a  desire to get  
ev51 & a lack ( fre% air1 is simply to  
comp\nd  8 tr\bles1 %uffle 8 maladies1 &
 get him ripe = ! e!r-cone  & scalpel4  
,nature is =ev] try+ to keep p well1 &  
mo/ s-call$  disease1 :i* ^w means m]ely
 lack ( ease1 is self-limit+1 &  t5ds to
 cure itself4 ,if y h appetite1 d n eat 
too mu*4 ,if y  h no appetite1 d n eat  
at all4 ,be mod]ate 9 ! use ( all  ?+s1 
save fre% air & sun%9e4    ,! "o !me (  
,ecclesia/es is mod]ation4 ,buddha wrote
 x d[n t  ! greate/ ^w 9 any language is
 ,equanimity4 ,william ,morris said  t !
 f9e/ bless+ ( life 0 sy/ematic1 useful 
"w4 ,sa9t ,paul  decl>$ t ! greate/ ?+ 9
 ! _w 0 love4 ,mod]ation1  ,equanimity1 
,"w & ,love--y ne$ no o!r physician4    

,9 s /at+ ,i lay d[n a proposition agre$
 to by all physicians2  :i* 0 express$  
by ,hippocrates1 ! fa!r ( m$ic9e1 & !n  
repeat$ 9 bett] phrase by ,epictetus1 ! 
slave1 to 8 pupil1 !  great ,roman      
,emp]or1 ,m>cus ,aurelius1 & :i* has be5
 kn[n to e  ?9k+ man & woman s9ce3      
,mod]ation1 ,equanimity1 ,"w & ,love6   
,! ,ex4 ,"q    ,words sometimes become  
ta9t$ & fall into bad repute1 & are     
disc>d$4 ,until ! day ( ,elizabe? ,fry1 
on ! (ficial records 9  ,engl& appe>$ ! 
^w mad-h\se4 ,!n x 0 wip$ out & !  ^w   
asylum sub/itut$4 ,)9 tw5ty ye>s' "t 9  
sev]al /ates  9 ,am]ica we h disc>d$ !  
^w asylum & h sub/itut$ !  ^w hospital4 
,9 ,jeff]sonville1 ,indiana1 !re is     
locat$ a ,re=matory :i* "s  ye>s ago 0  
kn[n z a p5it5ti>y4 ,! ^w prison _h a   
depress+ effect1 & p5it5ti>y ?r[s a     
!ological %ad[1 &  s ! words w h to g4  
,z our ideas ( ! crim9al *ange1 we      
*ange our vocabul>y4    ,a few ye>s ago 
we talk$ ab\t asylums = ! deaf & dumb--!
 ^w  dumb has n[ be5 /rick5 f e (ficial 

docum5t 9 e /ate  9 ! ,union1 because we
 h discov]$1 ) ! assi/ance ( ,g>dn]  ,g4
 ,hubb>d1 t deaf p are n dumb1 & n be+  
defectives1  !y c]ta9ly d n ne$ an      
asylum4 ,!y ne$ s*ools1 h[ev]1 & s      
ev]y:]e we h e/abli%$ s*ools = ! deaf4  
,deaf p are j z capable1 are j z        
compet5t1 j z well  able to e>n an hone/
 liv+ z is ! av]age man :o c he>4    ,! 
indet]m9ate s5t5ce is "o ( ! wise/      
exp$i5ts ev]  br\ght to be> 9 p5ology4  
,& x is to ?is g5]ation alone t !  honor
 ( fir/ us+ x mu/ be giv54 ,! (f5d] is  
s5t5c$ =1  say f "o to eight ye>s4 ,?is 
means t if ! prison] behaves  himself1  
obey+ ! rules1 %[+ a desire to be       
useful1 he w be  p>ol$ & giv5 8 fre$om  
at ! end ( "o ye>4    ,if he misbehaves 
& does n prove 8 fitness = fre$om he w  
be  kept two or ?ree ye>s1 & he may     
possibly h to s]ve ! :ole  eight ye>s4  
,h[ long are y 9 =8 ,i ask$ a convict at
  ,jeff]sonville1 :o 0 c>+ = ! fl[]s 9  
front ( ! walls4  ,me8 ,oh1 ,i'm 9 = two
 ye>s1 ) ! privilege ( f\rte51 0 !      

man's answ]1 giv5 ) a gr94    ,! old    
plan ( %ort "t1 all[+ two or ?ree mon?s 
(f f  e ye> = good behavior 0 a move 9 !
 "r direction1 b !  indet]m9ate s5t5ce w
 soon be ! rule ev]y:]e = fir/  (f5d]s4 
,! indet]m9ate s5t5ce ?r[s ^u ! man     
himself !  responsibility = ! l5g? ( 8  
conf9em5t & t5ds to relieve  prison life
 ( its horror1 by hold+ out hope4 ,! man
 has ! %ort  "t con/antly 9 m9d1 &      
usually is v c>eful n to d any?+  to    
imp]il x4 ,insurrection & an attempt to 
escape may mean t e  day ( ! :ole long  
s5t5ce w h to be s]v$4    ,s ev5 !      
dulle/ ( m9ds & ! mo/ call\s$ realize t 
x pays  to d :at is "r--! lesson be+    
press$ home ^u !m 9 a way x  has nev]   
be5 be=e4    ,! old-"t prejudice (      
bus9ess m5 aga9/ ! man :o _h done  "t 0 
*iefly on acc\nt ( 8 incompet5ce1 & n 8 
record4  ,! prison me?ods t turn$ out a 
hateful1 depress$ & fright5$  man :o _h 
be5 suppress$ by ! sil5t sy/em & de=m$  
by !  lock-/ep1 call\s$ by brutal       
treatm5t & ! con/ant ?\ght held  ov] him

 t he 0 a crim9al1 0 a bad ?+ = !       
prison]1 =  ! keep] & = society4 ,ev5 an
 upright man w\ld be undone by su*      
treatm5t1 & 9 a ye> be trans=m$ into a  
sly1 secretive &  morally sick man4 ,!  
m5 j out ( prison 7 unable to d         
any?+--!y ne$$ con/ant sup]vision &     
att5tion1 & s (  c\rse we did n c>e to  
hire !m4    ,! ,ex4 n[ is a totally     
diff]5t man f ! ,ex4 j out ( 8  /rip$   
suit 9 ! sev5ties1 ?anks to t mu* defam$
 man1  ,brockway1 & a few o!rs4    ,we  
may h to re/ra9 m5 = ! good ( !mselves &
 ! good (  society1 b we d n puni%4 ,!  
re/ra9t is puni%m5t en\gh2 we  believe  
m5 are puni%$ by _! s9s1 n = !m4    ,:5 
m5 are s5t to re=m s*ools n[1 ! endeavor
 & ! hope is to  give back to society a 
bett] man ?an we took4    ,judge ,l9dsey
 s5ds boys to ! re=m s*ool )\t (fic] or 
gu>d4  ,! boys g ( _! own accord1 c>ry+ 
_! own commitm5t pap]s4  ,!y p\nd on !  
gate dem&+ admittance 9 ! "n ( ! law4 ,!
  boy believes t ,judge ,l9dsey is 8    
fri5d1 & t ! reason he  is s5t to ! re=m

 s*ool is t he may reap a bett]m5t :i* 8
  full fre$om _c possibly (f]4 ,:5 he   
takes 8 commitm5t pap]s  he is no long] 
at w> ) society & ! keep]s ( ! law4 ,he 
believes t :at is be+ done = him is done
 = ! be/1 & s he  goes to prison1 :i* is
 really n a prison at ! la/1 = x is a   
s*ool :]e ! lad is taught to economize  
bo? "t & money & to  make himself       
useful4    ,o!r p "w = u1 & we mu/ "w = 
!m4 ,?is is ! supreme  lesson t ! boy   
le>ns4 ,y c only help y\rself by  help+ 
o!rs4    ,n[ "h is a proposition3 ,if a 
boy or a man takes 8 commitm5t  pap]s1  
goes to prison alone & unatt5d$1 is x   
necess>y t he  %\ld be !re lock$ up1    
enclos$ 9 a corral & be look$ aft] by   
gu>ds arm$ ) dea?-deal+ implem5ts8      
,sup]9t5d5t ,:ittak]1 ( ! in/itution at 
,jeff]sonville1 ,indiana1  says1 ,no4   
,he believes t )9 t5 ye>s' "t we w d    
away )  ! high wall1 & w keep our load$ 
guns out ( sight2 to a great  degree    
also we w take ! b>s f ! w9d[s ( !      
prisons1 j  z we h tak5 !m away f !     

w9d[s ( ! hospitals =  ! insane4    ,at 
! re=m s*ool x may be necess>y to h a   
gu>d-h\se = "s  ye>s to come1 b ! high  
wall mu/ g1 j z we h s5t !  lock-/ep & !
 sil5t sy/em & ! /rip$ suit ( disgrace  
into  ! ragbag ( "t--lo/ 9 ! memory (   
?+s t 74    ,f\r m5 out ( five 9 !      
re=matory at ,jeff]sonville ne$ no      
co]cion1 !y w\ld n run away if ! walls 7
 raz$ & ! doors  left unlock$4 ,"o "y   
man ,i saw !re refus$ ! (f]$ p>ole--he  
want$ to /ay until he le>n$ 8 trade4 ,he
 0 n ! only "o )  a l m5tal attitude4   
,! quality ( m5 9 ! av]age prison is    
ab\t ! same z t (  ! m5 :o are 9 !      
,unit$ ,/ates ,army4 ,! man :o enli/s is
 a  prison]2 = him to run away is a v   
s]i\s (f5se1 & yet he is  n lock$ up at 
night1 nor is he surr\nd$ by a high     
wall4    ,! ,george ,junior ,republic is
 simply a f>m1 unf5c$ & unpatrol$1      
except+ by ! boys :o are 9 ! ,republic1 
& yet x is a p5al  in/itution4 ,! prison
 ( ! future w n be unlike a "y ladies'  
bo>d+ s*ool1 :]e ev5 yet ! practice     

prevails ( tak+ !  inmates out all      
toge!r1 ) a gu>d1 & all[+ no "o to leave
  )\t a writt5 p]mit4    ,z society     
*anges1 s *anges ! s-call$ crim9al4 ,9  
any ev5t1 ,i  "k ?is--t ,max ,nordau did
 n make out 8 case4    ,!re is no       
crim9al class4    ,or = t matt] we are  
all crim9als4 ,i h 9 me ! capacity =  e 
crime1 said ,em]son4    ,! man or woman 
:o goes wrong is a victim ( unk9d       
environm5t4  ,book] ,wa%+ton says t :5 !
 negro has some?+ t we want1  or c p]=m 
a task t we want done1 we waive ! color 
l9e1 &  ! race problem !n ceases to be a
 problem4 ,s x is ) ! ,ex4  ,"q4 ,:5 !  
ex-convict is able to %[ t he is useful 
to !  _w1 ! _w w cease to %un him4 ,:5  
,sup]9t5d5t ,:ittak]  graduates a man x 
is pretty good evid5ce t ! man is able &
  will+ to r5d] a s]vice to society4    
,! only places :]e ! ex-convicts get !  
icy mitt are p9k teas  & pray] meet+s4  
,an ex-convict %\ld "w all day & !n sp5d
  8 ev5+s at ! libr>y1 fe$+ 8 m9d--!n he
 is safe4    ,if ,i 7 an ex-convict ,i  

w\ld fight %y ( all ,refuges1 ,%elt]+   
,arms1 ,sa9t ,&rew's ,societies & !     
philan?ropic ,college  ,settlem5ts4 ,i  
w\ld nev] g to ^? good pr(essional p1 or
  pr(essional good p1 :o patronize !    
poor & spit ^u !  alleg$ wrongdo]1 & :o 
draw %>p l9es ( dem>cation 9  di/+ui%+  
betwe5 ! good & ! bad4 ,if y c "w & are 
will+ to "w1 bus9ess m5 w n draw ! l9e  
on y4 ,get a job1  & !n hold x d[n h>d  
by mak+ y\rself necess>y4 ,employ]s (   
labor & ! ex-convicts !mselves are fa/  
settl+ ?is ,ex4  ,"q1 ) ! help ( !      
advanc$ type ( ! ,re=m ,s*ool :]e  !    
inmates are be+ taught to be useful &   
are n puni%$ nor  patroniz$1 b are      
simply giv5 a *ance4 ,my he>t goes out 9
 sympa?y  to ! man :o gives a poor devil
 a *ance4 ,i myself am a poor devil6    
,! ,s]geant    ,a colonel 9 ! ,unit$    
,/ates ,army told me ! o!r day some?+ l 
?is3 ,! mo/ valuable (fic]1 ! "o :o has 
! greate/  responsibility1 is ! s]geant4
 ,! true s]geant is born1 n made--he  is
 ! priceless gift ( ! gods4 ,he is s    

highly priz$ t :5  f\nd he is nev]      
promot$1 nor is he all[$ to resign4 ,if 
he is  dissatisfi$ ) 8 pay1 ,capta91    
,lieut5ant & ,colonel *ip 9--!y  _c af=d
 to lose him4 ,he is a r>a avis--! apple
 ( _! eye4    ,8 fir/ requirem5t is t he
 mu/ be able to lick any man 9 !        
company4 ,a drunk5 private may damn a   
capta9 upside d[n & wrong-side  out1 & !
 capta9 is n all[$ to reply4 ,he c nei!r
 /rike )  8 fi/1 nor engage 9 a cuss+   
mat*1 b y\r able s]geant is an  adept 9 
bo? ( ^! polite accompli%m5ts4 ,ev5 if a
 private /rike  an (fic]1 ! (fic] is n  
all[$ to /rike back4 ,p]haps ! man  :o  
abuses him c\ld easily beat him 9 a     
r\gh-&-tumble fight1 &  !n x is q a     
suffici5t reason to keep "o's clo!s     
clean4 ,we  say ! revolv] equalizes all 
m51 b x doesn't4 ,x is disagreeable  to 
%oot a man4 ,x scatt]s bra9s & blood all
 ov] ! sidewalk1  attracts a cr[d1      
requires a deal ( explanation aft]w>d1 &
 may co/  an (fic] 8 /ripes4 ,no good   
(fic] ev] he>s any?+ said ab\t  him by a

 private4    ,! s]geant he>s ev]y?+1 & 8
 reply to backslack is a  /raight-arm   
jab 9 ! jaw4 ,! s]geant is responsible  
only to 8  capta91 & no good capta9 w   
ev] "k any?+ ab\t :at a  s]geant does1 &
 he w n believe x :5 told4 ,if a fight  
occurs  betwe5 two privates1 ! s]geant  
jumps 91 bumps _! heads toge!r  & licks 
!m bo?4 ,if a man feigns sick1 or is    
drunk1 ! s]geant  *ucks him "u ! pump4  
,! regulations d n call = any su*       
treatm5t1 b ! s]geant does n "k any?+   
ab\t !  regulations--he gets ! ?+ done4 
,! s]geant may be tw5ty ye>s  old or    
sixty--age does n c\nt4 ,! s]geant is a 
fa!r to 8  m5--he reg>ds !m all z       
*ildr5--bad boys--& 8 bus9ess is to     
make !m brave1 honorable & dutiful      
soldi]s4    ,! s]geant is always ! fir/ 
man up 9 ! morn+1 ! la/ man to  g to b$ 
at night4 ,he kn[s :]e 8 m5 are e m9ute 
( ! day  or night4 ,if !y are actually  
sick1 he is bo? nurse & physician1 &    
dictates g5tly to ! surgeon :at %\ld be 
done4 ,he is also !  und]tak]1 & ! digg+

 ( dit*es & lay+ out ( latr9es all  fall
 to 8 lot4 ,unlike ! high] (fic]s1 he   
does n h to dress  sm>t1 & he is v apt  
to disc>d 8 uni=m & g clo!d l a         
civilian team/]1 except+ on special     
occasions :5 necessity dem&s  braid &   
buttons4    ,he kn[s ev]y?+1 & no?+4 ,no
 wild escapade ( a high] (fic]  passes  
by him1 yet he nev] tells4    ,n[ "o    
might suppose t he is an absolute       
tyrant1 b a good s]geant  is a b5efic5t 
tyrant at ! "r "t4 ,to break ! _s ( 8 m5
  w n d--x w\ld unfit !m = s]vice--s :at
 he seeks to d is  m]ely to b5d _! m9ds 
s z to mat* 8 own4 ,gradually !y gr[  to
 bo? love & fe> him4 ,9 "t ( actual     
fight he trans=ms c[>ds  into h]oes4 ,he
 holds 8 m5 up to ! scrat*4 ,9 battle   
!re are  (t5 c]ta9 (fic]s m>k$ =        
dea?--!y are to be %ot by _!  own m54 ,x
 is a "t ( gett+ ev5--& 9 ! hurly-burly 
&  excitem5t !re are no witnesses4 ,!   
s]geant is ev] on ! look\t  = su*       
mut9ies1 & 8 revolv] (t5 s5ds to ! du/ !
 head  revolution>y be=e ! da/>dly plot 

c be c>ri$ out4 ,9 w>-"t  all executions
 are n judicial4    ,9 actual tru?1 !   
s]geant is ! only real1 sure-en\gh      
fight+ man  9 ! army4 ,he is z r>e z    
birds' tee?1 & e (fic] anxi\sly  scans 8
 recruits 9 se>* ( good s]geant timb]4  
,9 bus9ess life1 ! man ) ! s]geant      
in/9cts is ev5 m  valuable ?an 9 ! army4
 ,! bus9ess s]geant is ! man n 9        
evid5ce--:o asks = no complim5ts or     
b\quets--:o kn[s :]e  ?+s are--:o has no
 outside ambitions1 & no desire save to 
d 8  "w4 ,if he is too sm>t he w lay    
plots & plans = 8 own  promotion1 &     
!reby he is pretty sure to defeat       
himself4    ,z an individual ! av]age   
soldi] is a sneak1 a %irk1 a failure1 a 
c[>d4 ,he is only valuable z he is lick$
 into %ape4 ,x is pretty  mu* ! same 9  
bus9ess4 ,x seems h>d to say x1 b !     
av]age  employe 9 factory1 %op or /ore1 
puts ! face ( ! clock to %ame  look+ at 
x2 he is ?9k+ ( 8 pay envelope & 8 int5t
 is to  keep ! boss locat$ & to d z     
little "w z possible4 ,9 _m  cases !    

tyranny ( ! employ] is to blame = !     
condition1 b  m (t5 x is ! native       
outcrop ( suspicion t prompts ! sell]   
to give no m ?an he c help4    ,& "h !  
s]geant comes 91 & ) wat*ful eye &      
tireless  n]ves1 holds ! recreants to _!
 tasks4 ,if he is too sev]e1 he w  fix 9
 ! %irks m firmly ! %irk microbe2 b if  
he is ( bett]  fibre1 he may supply a   
little m w to ^? :o lack x1 &  gradually
 create an atmosph]e ( "r int5t1 s t !  
only  disgrace w consi/ 9 _! we>+ ! face
 (f ! regulator &  keep+ "o e> cock$ to 
cat* ! com+ foot/eps ( ! boss4    ,!re  
is n ! slighte/ dang] t !re w ev] be an 
ov]plus (  s]geants4 ,let ! s]geant keep
 out ( /rikes1 plots1 feuds1 hold 8     
temp] & %[ :at's :at1 & he c "n 8 own   
sal>y & keep 8  place = n9ety-n9e ye>s  
)\t hav+ a contract4        ,! ,_s ( !  
,age    ,f\r hundr$ & tw5ty-five ye>s   
be=e ! bir? ( ! ,naz>5e1  ,socrates     
said1 ,! gods are on high ,olympus1 b y 
& ,i are "h4  ,& = ?is--& a few o!r     
simil> obs]vations--be 0 compell$ to    

dr9k a sub/itute = c(fee--he 0 an       
infidel6 ,)9 ! la/ ?irty  ye>s ! *ur*es 
( ,*ri/5dom h1 9 ! ma91 adopt$ !        
,socratic proposition t y & ,i are "h4  
,t is1 we h made  progress by gett+ away
 f n>r[ !ology & recogniz+ humanity4    
,we d n "k any?+ ab\t ei!r ,olympus or  
,elysium1 b we d "k  some?+ ab\t ,a!ns4 
,a!ns is "h4    ,a!ns ne$s u--! ,greeks 
are at ! door4 ,let ! gods run ,elysium1
  & we'll devote ourselves to ,a!ns4    
,?is is ! prevail+ _s 9 ! *ur*es (      
,am]ica to-day4 ,our  religion is       
humanit>ian1 n !ological4    ,a l       
evolution has come ab\t 9 m$ic9e4 ,!    
mat]ia m$ica (  tw5ty-five ye>s ago is  
n[ obsolete4 ,no good doctor n[ treats  
symptoms--he nei!r gives y some?+ to    
relieve y\r heada*e nor to  settle y\r  
/oma*4 ,^! are b timely                 
t+-a-l+s--,nature's  w>n+s--look out6 ,&
 ! doctor tells y s1 & *>ges y a fee    
suffici5t to impress y ) ! fact t he is 
no fool1 b t  y are4    ,! lawy] :o n[  
gets ! l>ge/ fees is nev] se5 9 a       

c\rt-room4  ,litigation is n[ l>gely    
giv5 ov] to damage suits--c>ri$ on by   
cli5ts :o want some?+ = no?+1 & little  
lawy]s1 %>k-l  & hungry1 :o "w on       
cont+5t fees4 ,?ree-f\r?s ( ! "t (  all 
sup]ior & supreme c\rts is tak5 up by ,8
 ,effluvia1 :o br+s  suit ?ru ,8        
,bact]ia1 ) ,8 ,crab%ip z *ief witness1 
= damages  n due1 ei!r 9 ju/ice or fact4
    ,h[ to get rid ( ?is burd51 br\ght  
^u u by m5 :o h no?+  to lose1 is a "q  
too big = ! av]age legislator4 ,x c only
  be solv$ by h]oic measures1 c>ri$ out 
by lawy]s :o are out (  politics & h a  
complete indiff]5ce = *eap popul>ity4   
,"h is  opportunity = m5 ( c\rage &     
ability4 ,b ! po9t is ?is1 wise  bus9ess
 m5 keep out ( c\rt4 ,!y arbitrate _!   
diff]5ces  --compromise--!y _c af=d to  
quit _! "w = !  sake ( gett+ ev54 ,z =  
mak+ money1 !y "k a bett] way4    ,9    
!ology we are waiv+ di/9ctions & devot+ 
ourselves to !  div9e _s only z x       
manife/s itself 9 humanity--we are talk+
  less & less ab\t ano!r _w & tak+ m    

notice ( ! "o we  inhabit4 ,( c\rse we  
occasionally h h]esy trials1 & pictures 
(  ! (f5d] & ! ,fat ,bi%op adorn ! fir/ 
page1 b h]esy trials  n accompani$ by ! 
scaffold or ! faggots are innocu\s &    
exce$+ly tame4    ,9 m$ic9e we h m fai? 
9 ourselves & less 9 prescriptions4     
,9 p$agogy we are tea*+ m & m by !      
natural  me?od--le>n+ by do+--& less &  
less by means ( injunction  & precept4  
,9 p5ology we seek to educate & re=m1 n 
to suppress1 repress &  puni%4    ,t is 
to say1 ! gods are on high ,olympus--let
 !m /ay !re4  ,a!ns is "h4        ,!    
,gramm>ian    ,! be/ way to le>n to     
write is to write4    ,h]b]t ,sp5c] nev]
 /udi$ gramm> until he _h le>n$ to      
write4 ,he  took 8 gramm> at sixty1 :i* 
is a good age = "o to beg9 ?is  mo/     
int]e/+ /udy1 z by ! "t y h rea*$ t age 
y  h l>gely lo/ y\r capacity to s94     
,m5 :o c swim exce$+ly well are n ^? :o 
h tak5 c\rses  9 ! !ory ( swimm+ at     
natatoriums1 f pr(essors ( !  amphibian 
art--!y 7 j boys :o jump$ into ! ol'    

swimm9'  hole1 & came home ) %irts on   
wrong-side out & a tell-tale  dampness 9
 _! hair4    ,correspond5ce s*ools = !  
tam+ ( bron*os are z naught2 &          
treatises on ! g5tle art ( woo+ are ( no
 avail--foll[  nature's lead4    ,gramm>
 is ! app5d5da v]mi=mis ( ! sci5ce (    
p$agogics3 x  is z useless z ! lett] q 9
 ! alphabet1 or ! prov]bial two  tails  
to a cat1 :i* no cat ev] _h1 & ! f9e/   
cat 9 ! _w1  ! ,manx cat1 has no tail at
 all4    ,! lit]>y /yle ( mo/ univ]sity 
m5 is commonplace1 :5 n  positively bad1
 wrote ,h]b]t ,sp5c] 9 8 old age4       
,educat$ ,engli%m5 all write alike1 said
 ,ta9e4 ,t is to say1  educat$ m5 :o h  
be5 drill$ to write by c]ta9 fix$ &     
un*angeable rules ( rhetoric & gramm> w 
produce simil>  compositions4 ,!y h no  
lit]>y /yle1 = /yle is individuality  & 
"*--! /yle is ! man1 & gramm> t5ds to   
oblit]ate  individuality4 ,no /udy is s 
irksome to ev]ybody1 except ! scioli/s  
:o tea* x1 z gramm>4 ,x rema9s =ev] a   
bad ta/e 9 ! m\? (  ! man ( ideas1 & has

 wean$ bright m9ds innum]able f a desire
  to express !mselves ?r\gh ! writt5 ^w4
    ,gramm> is ! etiquette ( words1 & ! 
man :o does n "k h[ to  prop]ly salute 8
 gr&mo!r on ! /reet until he has        
consult$ a  book1 is always s tr\bl$    
ab\t ! t5ses t 8 fancies break ?ru      
language & escape4    ,! gramm>ian is "o
 ^: :ole ?\ght is to /r+ words accord+  
to a set =mula4 ,! sub/ance itself t he 
wi%es to convey is (  second>y          
importance4 ,orators :o keep _! ?\ghts  
^u ! prop]  way to ge/iculate 9 curves1 
impress nobody4    ,if x 7 a s9 aga9/   
dec5cy1 or an attempt to poison ! m9ds (
  ! p1 = a p]son to be ungrammatical1 x 
might be wise en\gh  to hire m5 to      
protect ! well ( ,engli% f defilem5t4 ,b
 a  /ation>y language is a dead "o--mov+
 wat] only is pure--& !  well t is n f$ 
by spr+s is sure to be a bre$+-place  = 
disease4    ,let m5 express !mselves 9  
_! own way1 & if !y express  !mselves   
poorly1 look y1 _! puni%m5t w be t no "o
 w  read _! lit]>y effusions4 ,oblivion 

) h] smo!r-blanket lies 9  wait = !     
writ] :o has no?+ to say & says x       
faultlessly4    ,9 ! mak+ ( h>e s\p1 ,i 
am in=m$ by mo/ excell5t cul9>y         
au?ority1 ! fir/ requisite is to cat*   
y\r h>e4 ,! lit]>y  scullion :o has     
any?+ to (f] a hungry _w1 w d\btless f9d
 a  way to fricassee x4        ,! ,be/  
,religion    ,a religion ( j be+ k9d    
w\ld be a pretty good religion1 don't y 
?9k s8    ,b a religion ( k9dness &     
useful ef=t is ne>ly a p]fect  religion4
    ,we us$ to ?9k x 0 a man's belief   
conc]n+ a dogma t w\ld fix  8 place 9   
et]nity4 ,?is 0 because we believ$ t    
,god 0 a  grumpy1 gr\*y old g5tleman1   
/upid1 t\*y & dictatorial4 ,a really    
good man w\ld n damn y ev5 if y didn't l
 him1 b a bad  man w\ld4    ,z our ideas
 ( ,god *ang$1 we ourselves *ang$ = !   
bett]4 ,or1 z  we ?\ght bett] (         
ourselves we ?\ght bett] ( ,god4 ,x w be
  "* t locates our place 9 ano!r _w1 if 
!re is "o1 j  z x is our "* t fixes our 
place "h4    ,we are weav+ "* e day1 & !

 way to weave ! be/  "* is to be k9d &  
to be useful4    ,,?9k ,,"r1 ,,act ,,"r2
 ,,x ,,is ,,:at ,,we ,,?9k ,,& ,,d ,,t  
,,make ,,u ,,:at ,,we  ,,are4    ,s "h  
ends ,,love1 ,,life ,,& ,,"w1 be+  a    
book ( ,essays select$ f ! writ+s  (    
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