The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-21
MIR. HUXLEY, The TALKER, TALKS;
TALK, HE WARNS, Is DANGEROUS
By CHARLES NORMAN
AP Feature Service Writer

In 1892, Oscar Wilde and his curly
locks arrived in America to an
nounce cheerfully: I'VE have ev-
erything In common, except Ian
guage."
Since his time British authors
by the score have crossed the At
lantic to observe their American
cousins and TO reap the harvest
Of an American lecture tour.
s Unusual in that procession is
man whose brilliant and bitter
novels Of the post war years epito-
mize an era. The man IS Aldous
Huxley, author of '.Antic Hay
and Point Counterpart He,
+ too, is here to lecture, but with a
difference.
Inspecting iva
+ A grandson OF the famous 10Th
5 century scientist who wrote
+ Mans Place In Nature" Huxley
is seeking to discover contempt
rary mans place in a universe of
conflicting ideas. In Ends And
+ Means his most recent book he
j sums UP his hopes and fears for
civilization. What America IS ac-
complishing interests him deeply,
and he has been spending his time
!. between lectures inspecting the
iva and other large-scale prof.
Gets. and reading American books
Ike ssThe Folklore of Capitalism
and ''MiddIetown,p the study Of a
typical American town ffaLe q
He was in the lobby of his hotel
when the interVieWeF arrived. He
explained that his room was in
disarray and that the interview
could take place in the lounge on
the 3Oth floor. 1t was early in the
morning. and there wouldn't be
anyone around, he said.
I Harmful Takers
The interview began with men
ton of Ends and Means"
Every age, he said, thinks il
is the worst, but this time it
would appear to be true because
of the acceIeration of change a
normal process, but if you 60
faster than that you have to use
violence - and probably defeat
your own ends doing it"
Tall. almost willowy in his tall
ness. with black hair IN which
thin silver IS barely discernible,
he speaks in soft, clear voice,
welding his spectacle case for
emphasis. With characteristic
humor he says:
People who talk may do more
harm than good. They preach
ideas which sort of float around
on the ceiling. The danger IS that
verbal idealism may become a
vaccine against activity or re-
forming action. Having talked
about it, men think they have
done enough"
He's Against War
Passionately against war, he be
Iieves that war win be with as
until people, collectively, wish to
put an end to it. He feels con-
tempt for those desperately con-
sentative people of 80. who have
arteriosclerosis of the mind"
Universal chronological chang
es have imposed psychological
changes" he explains. yet there
I are people who are not conscious
of change, who stick to the folk
lore of our existence. Ii shows. at
any rate, that the MARKHAM theory
that people act in their own
/ economic interest is not always
true. Arnold's book t%The Folklore
Of Capitalism shows they do hold
{ on to things against their interest.
an the real demoeracIes. ike
+ Denmark and Sweden, the demo
cratic principle extends right
down to their economic life In
the political democracieS. like The
United Safes and Britain, each
i man passes his working life in the
/ service Of a Dictator