The well-ordered mind in relaxation provides deep tranquility. Can it be achieved in conditions of disturbance?
I wrote you that I traveled to New York, and I fear I exaggerated the petty insults of the journey to make my point.
My tests were not passed upon my arrival, Deuteros. For my hotel was directly on Times Square, and I will not say who recommended this as a good idea. Perhaps they thought I wanted to be close to all that New York has to offer and, if so, they know me not.
The only proximity I sought was to my own thoughts, though this is what was in fact near to me in my cell above Broadway and 43rd Street: