Word: deviled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ROPER: So now you'd give the Devil benefit...
MORE: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil...
MORE: And go he should, if he was the Devil himself, until he broke...
MORE: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you--where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast--man's laws, not God's--and if you cut them down--and you're just the man to do it--d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes. I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake...
...lately become familiar with the accounts of some users who report dazzling states of heightened awareness or mystical experiences worthy of St. Teresa of Avila; others claim insights that have changed their lives. In John Mersey's latest novel, Too Far to Walk, the Devil feeds Faustus LSD ("The closest equivalent to infinity in sheer living"). There have also been stories of "bad trips"-writhing nightmares that end in the nearest psychiatric ward. Occasionally LSD is a one-way trip. Since the recent flood of sensational publicity about LSD has let up somewhat, it is possible to assess...