SOLITUDE

This book is a hodgepodge of extremely personal essays, initially written over the past decade and now edited to reflect current conditions, public attitudes and my own opinions. For my part, I only quote others in order to make myself more explicit. When I occasionally offer advice, it is with the pronounced admission that I "know" nothing, and that what I offer is my own beliefs. I have no authority to exact belief, nor do I desire it, for I do not feel myself to be well enough instructed to instruct others.