Go Down, Moses

the Overstreets, and I respect their earnestness. But they, and their readers, should know the truth: that the lights by which Western civilization was built, and by which its heritage has been transmitted across the centuries, are flickering low in our day, very low; and they will not be rekindled by vague references to “experimental pluralism.” If we forget just how important those lights are, depend upon it: they will go out. And in the centuries-long darkness that will follow, our descendants will have ample leisure to assess our tragic blunder, and to begin anew mankind’s long upward journey toward his destiny.

Fortunate readers planning a summer visit to France or Spain are urged to equip themselves with a miner’s headlamp. It would be boorish in Parisian caves. Nor are we promoting dreary treks dodging stalagmites. We want to suggest the quest for ice age art.

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the Overstreets, and I respect their earnestness. But they, and their readers, should know the truth: that the lights by which Western civilization was built, and by which its heritage has been transmitted across the centuries, are flickering low in our day, very low; and they will not be rekindled by vague references to “experimental pluralism.” If we forget just how important those lights are, depend upon it: they will go out. And in the centuries-long darkness that will follow, our descendants will have ample leisure to assess our tragic blunder, and to begin anew mankind’s long upward journey toward his destiny.

Fortunate readers planning a summer visit to France or Spain are urged to equip themselves with a miner’s headlamp. It would be boorish in Parisian caves. Nor are we promoting dreary treks dodging stalagmites. We want to suggest the quest for ice age art.