Alone By Norman Douglas













































































 -  Dimly aware of these defects, he
confines himself to generalities or, grown confidential, tells you of
his little fads, his - Page 49
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Dimly Aware Of These Defects, He Confines Himself To Generalities Or, Grown Confidential, Tells You Of His Little Fads, His Little Love-Affairs - Such Ordinary Ones!

Like those millions of his fellows, he has been transformed into a screw, a bolt, a nut, in the machine.

He is standardised.

A man who has tried to remain a mere citizen of the world and refused to squeeze himself into the narrow methods and aspirations of any epoch or country, will discover that children correspond unconsciously to his multifarious interests. They are not standardised. They are more generous in their appreciations, more sensitive to pure ideas, more impersonal. Their curiosity is disinterested. The stock may be rudimentary, but the outlook is spacious; it is the passionless outlook of the sage. A child is ready to embrace the universe. And, unlike adults, he is never afraid to face his own limitations. How refreshing to converse with folks who have no bile to vent, no axe to grind, no prejudices to air; who are pagans to the core; who, uninitiated into the false value of externals, never fail to size you up from a more spiritual point of view than do their elders; who are not oozing politics and sexuality, nor afflicted with some stupid ailment or other which prevents them doing this and that. To be in contact with physical health - it would alone suffice to render their society a dear delight, quite apart from the fact that if you are wise and humble you may tiptoe yourself, by inches, into fairyland.

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