THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE AMERICAN NATION:
FRAGMENT III—"MY INTELLECTUAL LIFE, PART ONE"
FOOTNOTE 28
See note 30, p. 2683. Lin examines this poor broken passage with extreme care in his discussion of Larsen's views of time, history, and aesthetics. "Larsen," he writes, "mourns the loss of the historical sense with the same passion that a parent might experience the death of a child. The comparison is not made lightly. In both forms of grief, a great part of the agony and pain comes from knowing that the future is what has died." [Editor]
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