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...back to the city I called my friend Buster, who thought I'd vanished for two weeks. I told him to pick me up (I was at the Hearst house again) and not ask any questions. In twenty minutes he drove up in his V.W. and a meek, frightened sinner crawled into the front seat. I tried to explain my story to him but I was undergoing culture shock and was virtually incomprehensible. When we went out with his friends later I winced at four letter words and sexual allusions, couldn't converse sensibly, and was basically a zombie...
...translated into English, The Common Catechism (The Seabury Press; $10.95) is timed for Easter release in the U.S. Unlike traditional catechisms, the new book has a meek tone. For example, it notes that Christ's Resurrection has been a "permanent problem" for modern man. At one point it defends belief in the Trinity by remarking diffidently that it "may not have been such a bad idea after...
...rolling in the aisles, though it probably wasn't Jonson's intention to get that sort of response--he wanted to instruct as well as amuse. He placed himself squarely in the center of his society, defending true values against all comers front all directions--Puritan and libertine, meek fool and overbearing lout. He played the down-to-earth Aristotle to Shakespeare's Plato, attacking anyone who deviated from his golden mean. This kind of stance can reduce the energy level of a work of art--how vituperative can you be when you're defending moderation?--but Jonson surmounted this...
...intertwining, unbelievably intricate Kreisler cadenza. The audience was fascinated and broke into applause after the first movement. The third movement Rondo picked up a light, Viennese lilt that occasionally became reminiscent of a Bohemian dance. The orchestral exposition of the Concerto, which opens so sweetly and delicately, was meek and hesitant. But by the Rondo the orchestra had warmed up to its full spirit...
...selfless, tireless one, the rich giver and the meek receiver, with life giving energy flowing like milk from the breast, costing her nothing, is too, too much. Looked at in the grey light of daily living the concept is the demand of the ravening child, and we cannot respond to such a claim in man or child...At my age I care to my roots about the quality of women, and I care because I know how important her quality...