The Yale Literary Magazine (Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 1, October 1922)

The Yale Literary Magazine (Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 1, October 1922)

Every generation is a foible. It is born of whim, and educated on fantasy. In adulthood it is naturally a freak. This younger generation in this year of our Lord 1922 is no exception. We were born of respectability, educated on pedantry. In adulthood we are revolutionaries. Could anything be more natural, more un-Victorian? We were born secretly. God knows how such things happened in that age. Perhaps the Stork brought us, nicely done up inwellbaby-clothes. We were brought up on platitudes. Most of them were dressed up as Christian. We hid our meanings in pretty words, and our sense in a blush. The word sex was unheard of. We didnt talk much about anything dirty. We never swore. We said our prayers. With goodness we were replete; it made our lives hideous. Ultimately it was our virtue that drove us to sin. We were too good for this world. Forced to live in it by the tyranny of our parentswe adjusted ourselves, and became bad. As soon as lies become platitudes they are doomed. The next passer-by will see through their disguise and expose them. You can fool yourself with your own lie; but if your neighbors catch the habit from you, and begin fooling themselves with the same lie, in no time that lie becomes a platitude. The Victorians fooled themselves into thinking that anything you could forget didnt[2] exist any more. So were we born into a Virgin world. Our beloved ancestry had forgotten there was any sin; for us then there would not be any. We were their realized dream. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 68019
Author: Various
Release Date: May 8, 2022
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Language: English
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