The Simplest Questions Are The Hardest To

Our Country Has Shown A Lack Of Will To Resist Its Own Disintegration .. . Canada Is Practically The Only Country Left In The World Which Is A Pure Colony; Colonial In Psychology As Well As In Mercantile Economics.

One Of The Most Obvious Uses Of Literature, I Think, Is Its Encouragement Of Tolerance... Bigots And Fanatics Seldom Have Any Use For The Arts, Because They're So Preoccupied With Their Beliefs And Actions That They Can't See Them Also As Possibilities.

Between Religion's This Is And Poetry's But Suppose This Is, There Must Always Be Some Kind Of Tension, Until The Possible And The Actual Meet At Infinity.

I Don't See How The Study Of Language And Literature Can Be Separated From The Question Of Free Speech, Which We All Know Is Fundamental To Our Society.

No Human Society Is Too Primitive To Have Some Kind Of Literature. The Only Thing Is That Primitive Literature Hasn't Yet Become Distinguished From Other Aspects Of Life: It's Still Embedded In Religion, Magic And Social Ceremonies.