To begin at the beginning.

But the project, from beginning to end, was a little over two years, from the time we wrote the proposal to its publication.

In the beginning there was nothing and God said 'Let there be light', and there was still nothing but everybody could see it.

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need tom read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party.

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

But time has set its maggot on their track.