For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard (1936), The Legion
Introduction
Popular Astronomy: A Series of Lectures Delivered at Ipswich (1868)
1770s, Letter to Robert Pleasants (1773)
“The core reason for it all was beauty.”
Let the Great World Spin (2009), Let the Great World Spin Forever Down
Context: The core reason for it all was beauty. Walking was a divine delight. Everything was rewritten when he was up in the air. New things were possible with the human form. It went beyond equilibrium.
He felt for a moment uncreated. Another kind of awake.
Preface
A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (1807)
Source: The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari (1997), Chapter 1, “The Die is Cast” (p. 19)
“There is nothing beautiful or noble about death or fear.”
"Complete Hero" (2009)
Introduction
Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science (2008)
