A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.


"Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool," Polemic (March 1947)


A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.