New at IWP Books: Aldous Huxley, 1923, On the Margin. From the Essay on Pleasures:

“We have heard a great deal, since 1914, about the things which are a menace to civilization. First it was Prussian militarism; then the Germans at large; then the prolongation of the war; then the shortening of the same; then, after a time, the Treaty of Versailles; then French militarism — with, all the while, a running accompaniment of such minor menaces as Prohibition, Lord Northcliffe, Mr. Bryan, Comstockery….”

“Civilization, however, has resisted the combined attacks of these enemies wonderfully well. For still… waisberg.micro.blog