"Robert Burton matriculated at OXFORD in 1593, became a scholar of Christ
Church College in 1599, AND STAYED THERE TILL HE DIED.  HE NEVER TRAVELED,
NEVER MARRIED, NEVER SOUGHT 'SUCCESS' OR ATTAINED IT; HE EXISTED EXCLUSIVELY
AMONG BOOKS--OLD, CRABBED BOOKS BY PREFERENCE.  ALL THIS ABSORPTION IN BOOKS
WAS SUPPOSED (according to the lore of traditional medicine and the theory of
"humors" dating back to the Greeks) to THROW THE CONSTITUTION OUT OF BALANCE
AND PRODUCE A "MELANCHOLY" TEMPERAMENT. . ."--Norton Anthology of Englit. Vol
One, page 1695.
"Close up your books/Get out of your seats/down the halls/and into the streets"
--CHUCK BERRY, "School Days."
"Marching on the English Department while the Right Wing took over the White
House"--Chapter title from "The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is
Wracked by Culture Wars"--by Todd Gitlin, 1995.