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Way to go in rearview mirror?(Books)(On Books)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19991010
Author:Walters, Colin

Neil Postman quotes a verse of Edna St. Vincent Millay's in the opening pages of his new book, then goes on to paraphrase them:

"No loom to weave facts into fabric, people with no gods to serve, hollow and anxious, distrusting language, uncertain about even the most obvious features of reality, lacking conviction, suspicious of the truth." Thus ourselves, stumbling like figures accursed and naked in a William Blake print, toward the gateway of a new century.

Mr. Postman knows the picture is not new; people have seen the situation or something like it coming for a long ...

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