The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts of consciousness go down, also.

If the nose has become a deeply disillusioned and grief-stricken organ in the modern world, then what of the ear? The poor little ear - such an innocent, intelligent and sensitive creature; in these times of such flagrant sonic brutality, the sense within the ear has much to contend with.

Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.

Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.

Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage.

We lack rituals in this modern world.