As To The Family, I Have Never

Why Is Humanity So Excessive In The Way It Does Things? The Golden Mean Seems Out Of Fashion.

To Lunch With The Important ... That Should Be The Daily Goal Of Those For Whom Life Is Not A Playground But A Ladder.

News Is Like Food: It Is The Cooking And Serving That Makes It Acceptable, Not The Material Itself.

It Was A Book To Kill Time For Those Who Liked It Better Dead.

As To The Family, I Have Never Understood How That Fits In With The Other Ideals --or, Indeed, Why It Should Be An Ideal At All. A Group Of Closely Related Persons Living Under One Roof; It Is A Convenience, Often A Necessity, Sometimes A Pleasure, Sometimes The Reverse; But Who First Exalted It As Admirable, An Almost Religious Ideal?