In all speculations, they have tacitly figured man as a Clothed Animal; whereas he is by nature a Naked Animal; and only in certain circumstances, by purpose and device, masks himself in Clothes. Thomas Carlyle Sustenance Files of bandy legs and bumbling faces constellate in the confines of thought when one asks for the meaning of this auburn collection of fetters. It is a tradition of meekness that hopes for pride, a tradition effective in its deni

Whatever is placed beyond the reach of sense and knowledge, whatever is imperfectly discerned, the fancy pieces out at its leisure; and all but the present moment, but the present spot, passion claims for its own, and, brooding over it with wings outspread, stamps it with an image of itself. William Hazlitt September 1995 Brimful of melancholy roamers, the bus station offered its dim lighting with demure competence. My aunt basked seamlessly in this sh