And, quite seriously, when you come to think about it, it usually is, isn't it? A SPIRITUAL DIALOGUE Last night I met Hermione, And eagerly she said to me: "Thoughts from the ambient everywhere Electrify our worldly air." "My soul," I said, "grabs off such hints As butter, whether pats or prints, Receives and holds all unaware Small strands of drifting, golden hair. But have YOU thought, O Maiden fair, O, have you thought profoundly of The psychic consciousness in crows? Or why the Malay when in love Wears rubber earrings on his toes?" The lady shook her lovely head -- 'Twas coiffed divinely -- and she said: "Have you reflected on the part Primeval instinct plays in Art? It's simply wonderful the way Old things grow new from day to day!" "That's true," I said, "I often ape The Ape to get my Art in shape -- And with the Simian going strong, Behold, another Rennysawng!" "Perhaps," she said, "across the verge Of darkness, from the Cosmic Urge, The Light is speeding in bright waves, E'en now to show the way to slaves!" "The thought," I said, "is cheerful -- but These Swamis WILL chew betel-nut!" "Alas!" she said, "alas! too true! But oh! it's wonderful of you To sympathize and understand --" (She gestured with a jeweled hand) -- "The joy of being understood!" "Our talk," I said, "has done me good." WILL THE BEST PEOPLE RECEIVE THE SUPERMAN SOCIALLY? WE'VE been taking up Metabolism lately -- our Little Group of Serious Thinkers, you know -- and it's wonderful; just simply WONDERFUL! I really don't know how I got along for so many years without it -- it opens up such new vistas, doesn't it? I can never think in the same way again about even the most trivial things since I have learned all about Protoplasm and -- and -- well, all these marvelous scientific things, you know. Isn't Science DELIGHTFUL! There's the Cosmos, for instance. It had always been there, you know. But nobody knew much about it until Scientists took it up in a serious way. And now I, for one, feel that I couldn't do without it! Although, of course, one feels one's responsibilities toward it too, and that is apt to be rather trying at times unless one has a truly earnest nature and is prepared to make sacrifices. If the Cosmos is to be improved, what is there that can improve it except Evolution? And unless we who are serious thinkers give Evolution a mark to reach, how can we be sure that Evolution will Evolve in the right direction? I have worried myself half to death at times over the Superman!