A Low Bid For Immortality
August, 1960
A Low Bid for ImmortalityI Have Always Had A Furtive Desire to achieve immortality in two sentences, or even one. The kind of sentences I mean is, "To thine own self be true," or "Never complain, never explain," or "Take the cash and let the credit go."I figured when I got old enough and smart enough, I would utter the sentence or sentences, some young lady in a Grecian tunic lying at my feet would copy it down, and then it would either be hand-illuminated on a larg...