In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.

Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order.

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.

If we identify another nation as the source of the bombing, we should retaliate,

To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation.