Status Updates From Illuminations

Democracy
“The flag goes with the foul landscape, and our jargon muffles the drum…
Farewell here, no matter where. Conscripts of good will, ours will be a ferocious philosophy; ignorant as to science, rabid for comfort; and let the rest of the world croak. This is the real advance. Marching orders, let’s go!”

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“Magic flowers droned. The slopes cradled him. Beasts of fabulous elegance moved about. The clouds gathered over the high sea, formed of an eternity of hot tears.”