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...PASSIONATE STATE OF MIND (151 pp.)-Eric Hoffer-Harper...
...Eric Hoffer is a pink-faced, hornyhanded San Francisco dock worker who pays his dues to Harry Bridges' longshoremen's union and preaches self-reliance more stalwartly than Emerson. He gets up at 4:45 in the morning and spends his days working on the piers of San Francisco's Embarcadero. Evenings he spends in his room in a shabby McAllister Street lodging-house, bent over a plank desk, writing...
Four years ago Hoffer published The True Believer, an eloquent analysis of the nature of modern mass movements that won critical respect and a considerable following of readers. His new book turns from social to strictly individual themes, and offers, in a series of aphorisms, the insights gained during a hard, roving life...
...dangers of inflicting this choice on us are obvious. As Hoffer says, "When we see the bloodshed, terror and destruction born of such generous enthusiasms as the love of God, love of Christ, love of nation, compassion for the oppressed, and so on, we usually blame this shameful perversion on a cynical, power-hungry leadership. Actually, it is the unification set in motion by these enthusiasms . . . that transmutes noble impulses into a reality of hatred and violence . . ." If there is a God, and I believe there is. He certainly wants His creations to remain individuals rather than...
Meanwhile a depleted freshman track team travels to Exeter in an attempt to maintain their undefeated record. The Yardlings will be without the services of sprinter Pete Terry, hurdler and high jumper Ty Smith, and pole vaulter Myron Hoffer. In an effort to offset these losses Captain Paul Sheats will run in the 100 and 220 in addition to his usual 440 and Phil Meyers will move up from...