English 651: Writing Hypertext


from  I.A. Richard's 1926 Science and Poetry

Man's prospects are not at present so rosy that he can neglect any means of improving them.  He has recently made a number of changes in his customs and ways of life, partly with intention, partly by accident.  These changes are involving such widespread further changes that the fairly near future is likely to see an almost complete reorganization of our lives, in their intimate aspects as much as in their public.   Man himself is changing, together with his circumstances; he has changed in the past, it is true, but perhaps never so swiftly.  His circumstances are not know to have ever changed so much or so suddenly before, with psychological as well as with economic, social and political dangers.  This suddeness threatens us.

Richards, I.A.  Science and Poetry.  New York: Haskell House, 1974.