ji To Our New Prophets

-Herver's Dec. 1940

Herper's Magezine always cerries es sectidn in the beck

of eceh issue called The Hasy Cheir. Ever since I can remember,

 

this section has been conducted by Bernerd DeVoto, a man of
prominence as 9 writer of books, especially eo of description,
(he loves Vermont). | |

In the December, 1940 issue, his erticle, comprising the

entire space of The Eesy Cheir is called To Our New Prophets.

 

it & an neuter four pages long end should be reed by every Amer-
iean before the rore prominently pleced erticles of the magazine
ere touched. It is the entree for the entire issue.

we, DeVoto, herein, proves himself to be en unadulterated
Americans His idees of Americanism are so ckere He is not con-
fused within himself by ideologies--ideologies which he thinks
confused — Hilton, when writing The Inner Threet end Our Orn
Softness, which I reviewed for this course from Sept. 1940 Harners.

Mre DeVoto, is st variance vith Roy Hilton on the idea «*
thet comfort and security sre ferinine iderls, and thet our
“debilitated manhood" has gone sissy. He seys thet is exactly
whet the Fuhrer is telling e despeairing people: “that only
herdness is left them, that beyond the channel lies England, end
that they will feed fat if they get Mesculine enough iv cross the

weter."

Mr. DeVoto believes that the desire to make one's life
as easy es possible for oneself end one's children wes the

Americen dream from the beginning and thet the pioneers yoked

up their oxen and clesred forests to make this dream come truéee