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(See book(s) of the same name by Arnold J. Toynbee)
Hovering (1980)
There is a spirit hovering at your shoulder . . .
Bucks in the Bank (1989)
Just like Cain and Abel, all of mankind are brothers . . .
Acceptable Sacrifice (1991)
It’s not a question of bloodlines/It’s just a question of blood . . .
Regular Joe (1988)
What would Freud think of me/Chewin’ up three packs of gum?
Road to My Salvation (1974)
Try to remember that Albert Schweitzer was a personal friend of mine . . .
Wrong (1978)
In Memoriam Ezra Pound (co-architect of 20th century poetry; anti-Semite)
Ambition to Change (1990)
There’s just no way we can stand in the way of The Way . . .
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| Dramatis Personae |
| Arnold J. Toynbee (philosopher and historian) | Collection Title |
| Hey-zoo Kristie (see Yehoshua of Nazareth, below) | Bucks in the Bank |
| Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of the French) | Bucks in the Bank |
| Judas Iscariot (suicide) | Bucks in the Bank |
| Sigmund Freud (co-architect of the 20th century; psychiatrist) | Regular Joe |
| Mr. and Mrs. Josef Goebels (infanticides) | Regular Joe |
| Karl Marx (co-architect of the 20th century; philosopher) | Regular Joe; Wrong |
| Norma Jean Baker (co-architect of the 20th century; dramatic artist) | Regular Joe |
| Charles Darwin (co-architect of modernity; biologist) | Regular Joe |
| Miriam of Nazareth (“Mother Mary”; Jewish mother of Yehoshua of Nazareth and, wife to Yosef the Carpenter) | Regular Joe |
| Yehoshua ben Yosef of Nazareth (“Jesus of Nazareth” also “Jesus Christ” or “Christ”; Jewish teacher; co-architect of Western Civilization) | Regular Joe |
| Yosef of Nazareth (“Joseph the Carpenter”; Jewish carpenter, husband to Miriam and father to Yehoshua of Nazareth) | Regular Joe |
| Robert E. Lee (soldier, insurrectionist and university president) | Wrong |
| God (depending on your views, either All That Is – Toynbee, Krishnamurti – or a guy with a beard in a bathrobe who lives in the sky, keeping accounts in a very large book) | Bucks in the Bank; Acceptable Sacrifice; Wrong |
| Allah (Arabic name of God; to Moslems, the only name of God though names of his attributes number 99) | Wrong |
| Vishnu (Hindu God; “The Destroyer”) | Wrong |
| Cain (brother to Abel) | Bucks in the Bank |
| Abel (brother to Cain) | Bucks in the Bank |
| Idiot who gets voted out (slumlord, socialite, TV impersonality, desecrator) | Bucks in the Bank |
| Lao-Tzu (archivist; grumpy old guy with a terrific sense of humor; knew his Way around) | Ambition to Change (obliquely referenced) |