Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 2, 2000
False Front
As certain public figures could probably attest, some fantasies are better kept a secret.
By Gregory C. O'Brien Jr.
Remember Walter Mitty, whose "secret life" was filled with daydreams of heroism, nobility and conquest? Vanity being the first resident of our own imaginations, Mitty amuses us because in him we see something of ourselves. What amuses us far less, however, is when one of Walter Mitty's harmless illusions gives way to speech.
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Remember Walter Mitty, whose "secret life" was filled with daydreams of heroism, nobility and conquest? Vanity being the first resident of our own imaginations, Mitty amuses us because in him we see something of ourselves. What amuses us far less, however, is when one of Walter Mitty's harmless illusions gives way to speech.
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