But until you show me some other idea to replace...
But until you show me some other idea to replace it, I'll hold to this one
Cummings grinned at himHis anger had subsided to a cold effective resolveHearn was fumbling now, he had noticed that in himWhenever Hearn had to search his ideas he was obviously uncomfortable, obviously trying to avoid the other conclusions
Hearn seemed absorbed for just a moment"We're moving toward greater organization, and I don't see how the left can win that battle in AmericaThere're times when I think it's Gandhi who's right
Cummings laughed out loud"You know you couldn't have picked a more unperceptive manPassive resistance, ehYou'd be good in that roleYou and Clellan and Gandhi
Hearn sat up a little straighter in his replica chanel cc earrings chairThe noon sun, harsh now that the overcast had blown away, glinted cruelly over the bivouac, threw into bold relief the shadows under the flaps of the tentAbout a hundred yards away, on a downhill slope through the sparse foliage, Cummings watched the chow line, two hundred and fifty men long, trudge slowly forward
"It seems to me," Hearn said, "Clellan's more in your lineAnd while we're on that you might tell him that the flowers are your idea Cummings laughed againThat had taken effect thenHe opened his eyes widely, conscious of the effect their bald white surfaces would give, and then he slapped his thigh in a facsimile of mirth"Are you getting enough liquor, Robert?" Of course, that was why he had crushed the cheap mulberry handbags cigarette on the floor
Hearn made no answer, but his jaws quivered just perceptibly
Cummings sat back, enjoying himself"We're wandering a little far afieldI was going to explain the war to you
"Yes, if you would Hearn's sharp voice, slightly unpleasant, was exhibiting the least bit of irritation
"I like to call it a process of historical energyThere are countries which have latent powers, latent resources, they are full of potential energy, so to speakAnd there are great concepts which can unlock that, express itAs kinetic energy a country is organization, co-ordinated effort, your epithet, fascism He moved his chair slightly"Historically the purpose of this war is to translate America's potential into kinetic louis vuitton hangbags energyThe concept of fascism, far sounder than communism if you consider it, for it's grounded firmly in men's actual natures, merely started in the wrong country, in a country which did not have enough intrinsic potential power to develop completelyIn Germany with that basic frustration of limited physical means there were bound to be excessesBut the dream, the concept was sound enough Cummings wiped his mouth"As you put it, Robert, not too badly, there's a process of osmosisAmerica is going to absorb that dream, it's in the business of doing it nowWhen you've created power, materials, armies, they don't wither of their own accordOur vacuum as a nation is filled with released power, and I can tell you that we're tiffany cross necklace out of the backwaters of history now
"We've become destiny, eh?" Hearn saidThe currents that have been released are not going to subsideYou shy away from it, but it's equivalent to turning your back on the worldI tell you I've made a study of thisFor the past century the entire historical process has been working toward greater and greater consolidation of powerPhysical power for this century, an extension of our universe, and a political power, a political organization to make it possibleYour men of power in America, I can tell you, are becoming conscious of their real aims for the first time in our historyAfter the war our foreign policy is going to be far more naked, far less hypocritical than it has ever cheap chanel handbag be