"I have pondered and even demanded of cosmic energy to know Why.  But now I am told by the physicist as well as the biologist that there can be no Why but only a How, since to know How disposes finally of any Why."  Theodore Dreiser,  p55.

"But the wonder to me is that Man is not even more astounded and dumbfounded than he appears to be each hour of his presence here; that he is not more withdrawn from his so-called necessities than he really is, in order to sit beneath a tree, Buddha fashion, and gaze in wonder and astonishment upon the wholly inexplicable world about him.  Theodore Dreiser, Living Philosophies: A Series of Intimate Credos, p.  59, 1931.

"I am flooded with happiness - divine, demoniac dreams.  I am seized with the very sting and tang of energy and desire, however fateful.  So motivated, I can front a universe that know nothing of kindness, pity, wisdom."  Theodore Dreiser, Living Philosophies: A Series of Intimate Credos, p.  65, 1931.

"Men are still led by instinct before they are regulated by knowledge."  Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie, 1900.

The following offsite URL contains Chapter 14 of Dreiser's Tragic America, 1931.

    http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/theodore_dreiser/church_and_wealth_in_america.html

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