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           YouhavetobeLeftpoliticallybecausetheSocialistsaretheonlypeoplewhocare,foralltheirmistakes.Theyfeel,theywanttobettertheworld.

           4.Youmustmake,always.Youmustact,ifyoubelievesomething.Talkingaboutactingislikeboastingaboutpic-turesyou’regoingtopaint.Themostterriblebadform.

           5.Ifyoufeelsomethingdeeply,you’renotashamedtoshowyourfeeling.

           6.YouacceptthatyouareEnglish.Youdon’tpretendthatyou’dratherbeFrenchorItalianorsomethingelse.(PiersalwaystalkingabouthisAmericangrandmother.)

           7.Butyoudon’tcompromisewithyourbackground.Youcutoffalltheoldyouthatgetsinthewayofthemakeryou.Ifyou’resuburban(asIrealizeDandMare—theirlaugh-ingatsuburbiaisjustablind),youthrowaway(cauterize)thesuburbs.Ifyou’reworkingclass,youcauterizethework-ingclassinyou.Andthesame,whateverclassyouare,be-causeclassisprimitiveandsilly.

           (It’snotonlyme.LookatthattimeLouise’sboy-friend—theminer’ssonfromWales—methim,andhowtheyarguedandsnarledateachother,andwewereallagainstG.P.forbeingsocontemptuousaboutworking-classpeopleandworking-classlife.Callingthemanimals,nothumanbeings.AndDavidEvans,allwhiteandstammering,don’tyoutellmemyfather’sabloodyanimalI’vegottokickoutoftheway,andG.P.sayingI’veneverhurtananimalinmylife,youcanalwaysmakeoutacaseforhurtinghumanbeings,buthumananimalsdeserveeverysympathy.