Julian Comstock: a Story of 22nd-Century America
“Theodore Dornwood had deleted or misplaced. In the matter of the Introduction I accepted the tutelage of Sam Godwin, who said it was very important that I should not insult the reigning President, but rather say something to praise him.
I didn't like to do this. After everything Julian had said about his uncle, it felt like hypocrisy. I told Sam so.
"It is hypocrisy. A lie, frankly. But it's for Julian's sake. It may save his life, or at least prolong it." I could hardly refuse, then, ...for this was the same document that had imperiled Julian in the first place, and I was not sorry if it could be made to serve the opposite purpose. So I wrote down that Julian had joined the Army of the Laurentians under an assumed name "so that he would not receive any special treatment that might otherwise accrue to a President's nephew, but would be treated as an ordinary soldier of the line." Not that Deklan Comstock would ever stoop to influencing the military to obtain a better position for Julian: "The President no doubt believes, as Julian does, that a man must distinguish himself on his own hook, and for his own behavior, and no one else's.MoreLess
I didn't like to do this. After everything Julian had said about his uncle, it felt like hypocrisy. I told Sam so.
"It is hypocrisy. A lie, frankly. But it's for Julian's sake. It may save his life, or at least prolong it." I could hardly refuse, then, ...for this was the same document that had imperiled Julian in the first place, and I was not sorry if it could be made to serve the opposite purpose. So I wrote down that Julian had joined the Army of the Laurentians under an assumed name "so that he would not receive any special treatment that might otherwise accrue to a President's nephew, but would be treated as an ordinary soldier of the line." Not that Deklan Comstock would ever stoop to influencing the military to obtain a better position for Julian: "The President no doubt believes, as Julian does, that a man must distinguish himself on his own hook, and for his own behavior, and no one else's.MoreLess
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