Men canreturn to where they have done evil deeds,but men do not return to where theyve beenabased. On this point Gods design and ourown feeling of abasement coincideso absolutely that we quit: the night,the rotting beast, the exultant mobs, our homes,our hearthfires, Bacchus in a vacant lotembracing Ariadne in the dark.

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