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                                    September 11, 2006

        "Somewhere there is the enemy.  What strength
        and weapons will we have to meet him with?

        "Horatio tickets them off on his fingers, the weapons
        that we have that do not weigh one down.  First there
        is the simple sling and shot that hits the booby on
        the brow.  Second, there is the eloquent trumpet that
        makes the walls fall down.  And third, the arrows of
        desire.

        "Also, there is the force that is in the heart of the
        matter, that, as if stubbornly, makes things exist
        rather than be mere dreams of wishes.  For whatever a
        thing happens to be, there it is, as we say, 'You can
        twist it and turn it but there it is.'  That's a
        strong force.  It is usually not a violent force, for
        it urges the smallest possible increment of change,
        whose lighting-like summation has brought about a
        change.

        " ... Also he knows how to use the mirror of Perseus
        by which we are not turned to stone by the Gorgon.
        And he has learned the art to stand out of the way."


             -- p. 597-598,
                Section 3, Chapter 25 "Spoiling for a Fight"
                Part 3 "Scenes of Our Village",
                of Book 4: "The Holy Terror"



          Paul Goodman
          EMPIRE_CITY

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