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...innocence, he does arrive at a visionary acceptance of all mortal matters as so much moonlight on the Ganges. "To hell with judging!" he concludes. "I have no opinions, I am beaten, and I just accept all this phenomena, this diamond-cut-diamond game, this human horseplay, this topsy-turvyism, as Life, as contrast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Towering Babel | 7/20/1970 | See Source »

...this age of topsy-turvyism, and free speech, love, art, music ad infinitum, why does not some sedate mathematics teacher, in an effort to prolong youth and a gleaming eye,--write a new Algebra book? In it he should cast aside all the pomps and vanities of the wicked world, the lusts of the flesh--as well as precedent and have Y win the race, make the money, get the largest part of the apple and marry Mrs. X. He (Y) deserves it after all these centuries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAGE LEWIS CARROLL! | 10/14/1924 | See Source »

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