The Psychological Basis Of The Metropolitan Type

Music And Love Are The Only Accomplishments Of Humanity Which Do Not, In An Absolute Sense, Have To Be Called Attempts With Unsuitable Means.

The First Internal Relation That Is Essential To A Secret Society Is The Reciprocal Confidence Of Its Members.

By My Existence I Am Nothing More Than An Empty Place, An Outline,that Is Reserved Within Being In General. Given With It, Though, Is The Duty To Fill In This Empty Place. That Is My Life.

In Order To Accommodate To Change And To The Contrast Of Phenomena, The Intellect Does Not Require Any Shocks And Inner Upheavals; It Is Only Through Such Upheavals That The More Conservative Mind Could Accommodate To The Metropolitan Rhythm Of Events.

The Psychological Basis Of The Metropolitan Type Of Individuality Consists In The Intensification Of Nervous Stimulation Which Results From The Swift And Uninterrupted Change Of Outer And Inner Stimuli.