Modern Games

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    Civilization is a conspiracy.... Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
    John Buchan (1875–1940)

    Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness.
    Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)