It is the friction of two spiritual things, of tradition and invention, or of substance and symbol, from which the mind takes fire. The creeds condemned as complex have something like the secret of sex; they can breed thoughts.

“A beetle may or may not be inferior to a man — the matter awaits demonstration;…”

“The sceptics, like bees, give their one sting and die.”

“The Roman Empire necessarily became less Roman as it became more of an Empire; …”

“A Second Childhood.”When all my days are endingAnd I have no song to sing,I thi…”