Work Did Bestow Dignity, Status, Meaning. Wasn't

In Youth We Take Egregious Risks Because Death Has No Reality For Us. Youth Goes Caparisoned In Immortality. It Is Only In Middle Age That We Are Shadowed By The Awareness Of The Transitoriness Of Life.

We English Are Good At Forgiving Our Enemies; It Releases Us From The Obligation Of Liking Our Friends.

Unnatural Death Always Provoked A Peculiar Unease, An Uncomfortable Realization That There Were Still Some Things That Might Not Be Susceptible To Bureaucratic Control.

The World Is Changed Not By The Self-regarding, But By Men And Women Prepared To Make Fools Of Themselves.

Can We Ever Break Free Of The Devices And Desires Of Our Own Hearts? Might Not Our Conscience Be Telling Us What We Most Want To Hear?