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

-Randolph Bourne

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The Ironic Life Is A Life Keenly

Randolph Bourne

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

Topic

Religious

Feelings

Ironic

In Your Reaction To An Imagined Attack On Your Country Or An Insult To Its Government, You Draw Closer To The Herd For Protection, You Conform In Word And Deed, And You Insist Vehemently That Everybody Else Shall Think, Speak, And Act Together. And You Fix Your Adoring Gaze Upon The State, With A Truly Filial Look, As Upon The Father Of The Flock.

Country

War

Father