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THE MERTON SOCIETYAmerica's Oldest "Tea Drinking and Whisky" Speaking Society |
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The Merton Society Forum Page provides an opportunity for Members to share articles, correspondence and general commentary with the viewing public. The following items currently are available for perusal and/or participation: |
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Reginald on Topics of Interest to the Merton Society: "There are certain fixed rules that one observes for one's own comfort. For instance, never be flippantly rude to any inoffensive, grey-bearded stranger that you may meet in pine forests or hotel smoking-rooms on the Continent. It always turns out to be the King of Sweden." "And I think there should be a sort of bounty-fed export (is that the right expression?) of the people who impress on you that you ought to take life seriously. There are only two classes that really can't help taking life seriously--schoolgirls of thirteen and Hohenzollerns; they might be exempt. Albanians come under another heading; they take life whenever they get the opportunity." "To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening....To die before being painted by Sargent is to go to heaven prematurely." "People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity; the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die." --These and other scintillating quotes by Reginald can be found in The Complete Works of Saki, by H.H. Munro, a book that holds the record for remaining the longest period of time on the Merton Librarian's Recommended Reading List.
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The following dispatches from loyal Society correspondents describe various adventures of certain Society members while on assignment in the field. In some cases, the names have been changed to protect the less innocent parties.
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Recommended Reading List
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