Sophistication Demands Honesty; It Does Not Require

To The Modern Spirit, Disillusioned, Or At Least Unillusioned, The Great Evil To Be Avoided Is Sentimentality.

The Standardized American Is Largely A Myth Created Not Least By Americans Themselves.

The Contemporary Hero, The Mythical Pattern In The Imitation Of Whom We Would Live, Remains As Yet Undefined. We Have No Hero; What Is More To The Point, We Suspect Hero Worship.

The Discovery That The Universe Has No Purpose Need Not Prevent A Human Being From Having One.

The Best Test Of The Quality Of A Civilization Is The Quality Of Its Leisure.