December 1975 Issue [Wraparound] Wishful thinking Download PDF Adjust Share by Aldous Huxley, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags Consciousness Human evolution Mind and body More from Aldous Huxley In the Dark All over the world thousands upon thousands of men and women pass their whole lives denouncing, instructing, commanding, cajoling, imploring their fellows. With what results? One finds it rather hard… Modern Despots In a democratic state any propagandist will have rivals competing with him for the support of the public. In totalitarian states there is no liberty of expression for writers and… The Only Way to Write a Modern Poem About a Nightingale Can the modern writer build an adequate bridge between the two universes of literature and science? Adjust Share