One's Faith Is Kept Alive As One

It Is Easy To Become The Dupe Of A Deferred Purpose, Of The Promise The Future Can Never Keep, And I Had Fallen Into The Meanest Type Of Self-deception In Making Myself Believe That All This Was In Preparation For Great Things To Come.

My Temperament And Habit Had Always Kept Me Rather In The Middle Of The Road; In Politics As Well As In Social Reform I Had Been For "the Best Possible." But Now I Was Pushed Far Toward The Left On The Subject Of The War And I Became Gradually Convinced That In Order To Make The Position Of The Pacifist Clear It Was Perhaps Necessary That At Least A Small Number Of Us Should Be Forced Into An Unequivocal Position.

As The Acceptance Of Democracy Brings A Certain Life-giving Power, So It Has Its Own Sanctions And Comforts. Perhaps The Most Obvious One Is The Curious Sense Which Comes To Us From Time To Time, That We Belong To The Whole, That A Certain Basic Well Being Can Never Be Taken Away From Us Whatever The Turn Of Fortune.

It Is Dreadful The Way All The Comfortable, Happy People Stay Off To Themselves.

I Might Believe I Had Unusual Talent If I Did Not Know What Good Music Was; I Might Enjoy Half An Hour's Practice A Day If I Were Busy And Happy The Rest Of The Time. You Do Not Know What Life Means When All The Difficulties Are Removed! I Am Simply Smothered And Sickened With Advantages. It Is Like Eating A Sweet Dessert The First Thing In The Morning.