afterthought

had i not so easily surrendered my christian values and culture as an undergraduate at rice university (o fortunate fall) i might have had a better career and a successful marriage.  but then i would never probably have majored in english; or if i had, i would probably have switched to theology once i had exhausted the relevance of most literary studies.  the only professor i had as an undergraduate who seemed to grasp the importance of all that was monroe spears.  looking back at his auden study i am impressed with the depth and the significance of such a study, and inspired to try to be a better poet.  monroe's tragedy was my tragedy.  i thank God i have lived to more or less fully recover.  gerald george