The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-11
This Rock
OF Our"
By BILL GLIB

they probably possess a vicious,
little speck of a brain, they may
be expected TO perform further
cowardly and utterly rotten acts
The stupidity Of these actions
must eventually lead to an ar
rest.
When this takes place, I hope
the full penalty of the law is
thrown at the offenders, They, as
well as other destructive sneaks,
must be made to realize the
gravity of such fragrant, useless
criminal acts.
But the hacking and destroying
done in the cemetery is only an
outstanding example of many
other lawless and IMMORAL acts
committed in that section.
For years now, it has been an
impossibility to keep vases. orna~
ments, etc, in my own family
lot. Even water buckets, suspend
ed in well, are quickly stolen
These are minor thefts, to be sure,
but the point is. they aren't
necessary.
Nor is it necessary TO allow
the freedom Of the cemetery to
men and women who constantly
use it as a place for immoral pur-
poses. That's speaking bluntly
but the public might as wen face
facts.
Residents who live near the
cemetery tell me that the traffic
to and fro continues through all
hours of the night.
A logical solution TO the prob
lem would be To build a good
fence around the entire place ard
employ a couple Of reliable night
watcilmen TO patrol the grounds
After al, each and every family
in Key West has invested large
sums in their individual lots It's
foolish. to leave the place wide
open to mental and moral degen-
crates
None of this should be taken as
criticism or a reflection on the
work Of thespEesent sexton. Harry
Sawyer. The man is doing a swell
job. lie is. overloaded with work
and .understaffed.
The only people who can be
held responsible for present con-
ditionss are the citizens of Key
West We've all known what was
going on at night in the ceme-
terry shut until the recent out
rage we've been listIess and dis
interested. #N
It'$time for us to get together
now sand rectify our errors.
Rabbi Schwartz
The good Rabbi, Abraham Sch
wartz, caused me to lose lot of
sleep last week by whetting my
curiosity.
1t ALI started because he wrote
of the eelebrgfion Of the Shovuos
Holiday. The Shovuos commem-
orate* acceptance Of the Ten Com
mandnients by Moses at Mount
Sinak)p
Well after reading the Rabbits
interesting story, / dug out rath-
er disused, neglected Bible and
read Genesis through Deuteron-
omy., The length and time con-
sumed 1caused me to wonder If
there isn't d shorter form used
in thet holy scroll. So now I'm
going TO have to contact the Rab-
bi and, find out.
1t seems to me that somewhere
I've heard of certain Ezra" who
about the fourth century, devoted
himself to the works of Moses.
But I lack proper reference books
and am stamped
Thought Of the name Ezra re-
calls "a poem By Browning EMIT
led Rabbi Ben Ezra
BsSzgatng,g Ezra. lived jim the
eleven q century and taught that
our spiritual life becomes more
ADVANCED as we renounce human
desires sand passions. The philos-
ophysiS directly opposed to the
hedohistic 'mouthings' of Aristip-
pus who claims pleasure is the
chief aifn and good of man. Omar
Khayyam's "Rubaiyat" is a prime
example of hedonistic thought
Eesread Browning's Rabbi
Ben Ezra" and Khayyam's Rub
aiyats ia order to convince myself
of something or another. Brown
ing won the day. Especially with
such 3ines ass
FoQlis All tt1at Isl at all
LaSAss eyer past recall;
EartfF changes But thy soul and
God Hind sure
Sowau see Rabbi Schwartz,
your snort newspaper column took
me tsffa on a surprisingly long
journey as ii probably did for 9th
er folks Before ] finished, l was
reviewing the PHILOSOPHERS of the
UpanIsliads, but there isn't room
today. II tell of these Hindnistic
thoughts which hardly fit our
Western individuaIsm, anyway
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The. late George Bernard Shaw