The Earth We Abuse And

For Every Five Well-adjusted And Smoothly Functioning Americans, There Are Two Who Never Had The Chance To Discover Themselves. It May Well Be Because They Have Never Been Alone With Themselves.

Ribbons A-flutter And Orchids A-tremble, Yearly The Vigilant Daughters Assemble, Affirming In Fervid And Firm Resolutions Their Permanent Veto On All Revolutions.

The Suppression Of Civil Liberties Is Too Many Less A Matter For Horror Than The Curtailment Of The Freedom To Profit.

Surely The Hold Of Great Music On The Listener Is Precisely This: That The Listener Is Made Whole; And At The Same Time Part Of An Image Of Infinite Grace And Grandeur Which Is Creation.

The Barbarian Weapon Is Fission: The Splitting Asunder. It Has Been Perfected For Death. Our Only Weapon Is Fusion: An Imperfect Process Still, Though Designed For Life.