Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00165)

Rilke wrote:
>
> Daniel wrote to Paul:
>
> >Your "quoting" from the Secret Doctrine is a good example of taking
> >HPB's words out of context.  Why didn't you also quote her words
> >immediately following?
>
> Daniel, you utilize partial quotations that help you prove a point - if you
> demand that others post bigger chunks of quotations, even though it doesn't
> apply to one's argument, in reality, for complete fairness, one should
> quote entire books.  Is this what you seek?  What are the limits, according
> to your standards?

	Actually, complete Theosophical texts make the best weapons, especially
the Collected Writings of H. P. B. You throw a volume of that, and it
can really raise a lump on someone's head. And you still have 14 shots
left.

	Bart Lidofsky