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Henry La Bonne, “To the Cat” and “The Despised Dandelion”
[English adaptations by Shawn P. Wilbur.]
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Plucked from the fields of 1925
Scientific authoritarianism is as harmful as every form of authoritarianism. It is not scientific to be authoritarian. True science is not authoritarian. […]
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poetry
Georgette Ryner
What have you come to do in the round-dance, in the eternal ronde of the living—tomorrow the danse macabre and ronde of the dead? What have you come to do then, pretty little children? […]
poetry
E. Armand, “En Route, Pionniers et Précurseurs ! / Onward, Pioneers and Precursors!” (1928)
We took up our staffs, girded our loins and off we went. A few of us, alone, by the first side road. […]
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E. Armand, “L’Individualisme de la Joie / The Individualism of Joy” (1924)
A painful misadventure had just befallen me, to which I owe the addition of some new wrinkles. It was not the first time in my life that I have, as the saying goes, “left some flesh among the brambles.” But this time, I felt that I risked leaving more than my fleece or my blood: I risked leaving my love for the joy of living. And that is serious. It is the worst that can happen to us, to you or to me, to no longer feel love for the joy of living. It matters little if we lose our reputation or our money, or the esteem of those around us, or, in the worst case, our liberty (and that is still a terrible thing.) But there is no loss that can compare to those of the love of the joy of living. […]
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E. Armand, “En-dehorism” (1936)
« L’en dehorisme » Qu’est en résumé, ce qu’on appelle « l’endehorisme » — mot barbare s’il en fut — et que condense la ligne de conduite idéologique qu’on trouve sur la couverture de chacun […]
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Léon Neveu, “je suis ce subversif / I am that subversive” (1936)
The being of good faith who discovers life / Must realize that if they are innocent, / Everything that is offered them is so demeaning, / That if they acceded to it, their faith would fade. […]