You cannot demand it,
respect. It must be given
and for good reason.
So you fashioned them
...
Essence of Anger: the certainty
there can be no unselfish deed.
Could any such prove true
Anger (every spit of it) and its spawn
...
Life's a dream of days
a bottomless well
a neverending phase.
...
Morals: workable
modes, devised by culture to
hedge its survival.
...
Remorse. Not so easy
to laugh about as Culture
but with Reason's help,
Possible
...
'Nothing has value
unless it be useful, '
said Robinson Crusoe,
'so therefore be useful.'
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We can convict you
of nothing of which
you can not convict yourself
...