Tertium Quid/Butt Kissers

Tertium Quid/Butt Kissers




Sole purpose of this thread is to clarify/expand on my earlier post to Raven69's "Butt Kissers Anonymous" thread (page one). The following

quote is from an ancient file of faded college jottings unearthed yesterday. Author is Goddard, pages 9-10, though I failed to note the title.


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"All lives begin in 'innocence' and pass, often at a criminally early age, into 'experience', which means 'disillusionment' and then into 'rebellion'

which is an attempt to deny the disparity between our dreams and the hard facts. Rebellion in most of us is short lived. Reality, so called, is too

much for us. We sink back into acceptance of things as they are. There is a 'quiet desperation' (Thoreau). What is called' resignation' is confirmed

desperation. We repress our instincts, and along with them the darling wishes of our hearts, and they revenge themselves on us later in life in

discontent, illness, nervous breakdown, insanity and suicide. Or else we express our instincts. We rebel with more immediate and greater or

lesser disaster, not unlike the late lamented 'younger generation'. Some rebel for a little while; a few rebel all their lives and become, according

to temperament, conviction and circumstances: warriors, dictators, reformers, politicians, satirists or criminals. Swift was such a man. Byron was

another. Napoleon was a third. Only a handful, after facing experience and trying rebellion, transcend them by discovering a secret..... a 'tertium

quid', a third way, entering into an illumination that is an acceptance of life without defeat by it, or rather a triumph over life without a denial of it."




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-Removed-

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Tertium Quid/Butt Kissers




Sole purpose of this thread is to clarify/expand on my earlier post to Raven69's "Butt Kissers Anonymous" thread (page one). The following

quote is from an ancient file of faded college jottings unearthed yesterday. Author is Goddard, pages 9-10, though I failed to note the title.


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"A ...[text shortened]... thout a denial of it."




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THREAD RELUCTANTLY CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST.




Note: 'Reluctant' because I had hoped for some perspective

or loyal opposition parting words from my almost friend HoH.



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