Note 162 — III The ‘Clerks’—The Great Betrayal (continued 2)

It seems to me difficult to deny that pacifism, humanitarianism, and altruism are boring. No doubt, art, science, and philosophy offer sufficient opportunities for ‘amusement’ without one asking of it doctrines which set the world on fire. But that is the view of a man who is not wildly eager for sensation.