SO MANY MORE HUMAN BEINGS, NEITHER BETTER NOR WORSE THAN ALL THE REST!

AND STILL, BEING HUMAN, WE TOO NEED TO KNOW THAT LIFE IS GOOD. THAT THOUGH WE MAY HAVE TO FIGHT NAIL AND TOOTH TO MAKE AND TO KEEP IT SO, STILL, THERE IS A REWARD FOR THOSE WHO CAN FACE THE SOBER FACTS WITH BALANCED THINKING AND ACTIVE DOING, MAYBE THE REWARD ISN'T JUST WHAT WE'D ORDER. İMAYBE IT'S NO MORE THAN MERELY SEEING THE OTHER FELLOW GET THE REWARD. BUT IF WE'VE HELPED HIM GET IT, WE'VE SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT

YES?

THIS ISN'T 'POSITIVE THINKING', DAMNIT, IT'S A CHALLENGE!

AS FAR AS SPECIAL PLEADING FOR THE LESBIAN IS CONCERNED, WHO WANTS IT? 'PLEADING FOR IMPLIES WEAKNESS, SAPPHO'S SISTERS AREN'T (FOR THE MOST PART) WEAK THEY'RE JUST LIMITED IN NUMBERS. ANOTHER LIMITATION IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE NONVARIANT CONCERNING THE LESBIAN. TOO MANY PEOPLE SEE ONLY THE CRUDELY-BUTCHY TYPE, THE INJUDICIOUS PAIR WHO MAKE LOVE IN PUBLIC; AND THEY HEAR ONLY OF THE GIRL ON THE PSYCHIATRIST'S COUCH, OF THE WOMAN WHO BREAKS UP A MARRIAGE BECAUSE SHE WANTS THE WIFE. (THEY FIND IT CONVENIENT TO FORGET THE PROSTITUTE WHO SOLICITS ON THE STREET, THE MANY HETEROS WHO SEEK PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND THE WOMAN WHO BREAKS UP A MARRIAGE BECAUSE SHE WANTS THE HUSBAND.) WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF CAREER WOMEN (YES, MANY LIVING EVEN IN HAPPY COUPLES!) WHO COMMIT NO EVIL, SUFFER FEW PANGS, AND WHO CONTRIBUTE MUCH TO SOCIETY. DON'T EVER FORGET, PLEASE, DR. KINSEY'S LARGE SURVEY WHICH DISCLOSED THAT THE MORE HIGHLY EDUCATED THE GROUP THE GREATER THE INCIDENCE OF LESBIANISM WAS FOUND. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION WAS JUST WHERE YOU'D EXPECT IT: AMONG THOSE WOMEN HAVING ACCOMPLISHED POSTGRADUATE WORK IN COLLEGE,

"TO SUM UP: YES, WE WANT THE LADDER TO PRESENT VARIANCE IN ALL ITS FACETS OTHERWISE, THE VEHICLE WOULD BE WORTHLESS. WE NEED SUCH ARTICLES AS 'THE DISCOVERY' AND 'MY DAUGHTER IS A LESBIAN'. BY VIRTUE OF THEIR VERY APPEARANCE, THESE PIECES IMPLY THE OPPOSITE. THEREFORE, AS EXAMPLE, WE DO NOT NEED AN ARTICLE BY SOME MOTHER WHO MOURNS, SHAMES OR DISINHERITS HER DAUGHTER, BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW OF SUCH CASES! WE NEED STORIES LIKE DARK BEFORE DAWN', BECAUSE THIS TALE ADMIRABLY ILLUSTRATES M.Z.B.'S 'RUDE