However, he was careful not to go so far as Mr.Bertrand Russell.

As he himself says, "I don't mind dying for Jesus Christ, but not for making a silly ass of myself." He occasionally writes reviews for _The Nation_, and has published a number of uneventful books.

His writing is not distinguished or illuminating.

With a pen in his hand he loses all his natural force.

He writes, I think, as one who feels that he is wasting time.