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This Nation's Impulse Is Toward The Future, And Tradition Seems More Of A Shackle To It Than An Inspiration.

Error Is Indeed Our Enemy, But It Alone Points To The Truth And Therefore Deserves Our Respectful Treatment.

Various Kinds Of Self-forgetting, Usually Accompanied By Illusions And Myths, Make It Possible To Live Without The Intransigent Facing Of Death-in The Sense Of Always Thinking About It And What It Means For Life And The Things Dear In Life-which Is Characteristic Of A Serious Life.

Socrates' Way Of Life Is The Consequence Of His Recognition That We Can Know What It Is That We Do Not Know About The Most Important Things And That We Are By Nature Obliged To Seek That Knowledge.

These Sociologists Who Talk To Facilely About The Sacred Are Like A Man Who Keeps A Toothless Old Circus Lion Around The House In Order To Experience The Thrills Of The Jungle.