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returning to church to once again kiss the soft palms of vicars. Perhaps
we shall be defeated, perhaps we will be unable to sustain the outstand–
ing heritage of our legendary predecessors; but one day humankind will
understand what it has lost, it will realize the opportunity it has squan–
dered, it will notice it has remained alone, like a chi ld lost in the woods
- alone, deprived of guides, greedy, fat, lazy, fu ll of indistinct needs and
desires that will never be satisfied, terrified , drowning in tears, helpless.
Then we will come again, my friends . We are not allowed
to
take
offense.
W hat do you regret? Ch il dhood? C louds which seemed larger than
the roya l palace? Sparrows dancing
011
asphalt? Carnivals' Butchers in
spattered aprons? Horses losing their footing on the frozen road? Life?
Announcing
Unified Germany:
Stabilizing Influence or Threat?
A Conference
April 1-2, 1995
at The University Center of
Adelphi University
Garden City, New York
Participants include:
Walter Laqueur • Paul Hollander
Margarete Mitscherlich
Norman Manea
Slavenka Drakulic • Blaga Dimitrova
For more information call (516) 877-4960
All Sessions are free and open to the public
