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Given a man of twenty-six with no other principle in his life than the negative one of not conforming, mentally or morally, to any accepted tradition which the world attempts to impose on him, with a mind clear enough to detect the flaws in any existing theories of life but incapable of any constructive thinking, put him in a situation where he has nothing to occupy him, and he is pretty likely to be unhappy. Treat him with large doses of Samuel Butler and other anti-Victoreans of the "naughty nineties" and he is quite as likely to convince...
Fitzgerald seems to have taken this advice seriously. For all its divergences and extraneous detail one can detect in this "The Beautiful and Damned" what looks suspiciously like a purpose. The author would probably not like to be accused of "teaching a lesson" but, whether intentionally or not he has so written his story that to many of his readers it will carry a very definite moral. Indeed "The Beautiful and Damned", if condensed a little, would make a very effective tract for a prohibition organization...
...whom to hire, and why. If he wants an executive or clerk all he has to do is to send his candidates to the office of the Psychological Corporation; they will come back properly labelled, Rumor has it that the new company will make a serious effort to detect signs of average intelligence in seekers after public offices...
Once a Harvard man always a Harvard man. The broader point of view, the mannerisms of speech, indifference of all these are said to mark the Harvard type. But these are characteristics more common to the college, man in general. Would you know how to detect the true Harvard man? Watch him at his meals...
...Warfield gives to Peter Grimm a characterization which is nearly unique among this season's impersonations in its strength and care of detail,--opera glasses can detect no flaws of facial expression. Peter Grimm lives before the audience. Mr. Warfield's supporting cast is a good one, and the problems of lighting and scenery, obviously so vital to the success of a supernatural effect, are adequately solved and well-managed...