liberating thrill of being forcibly removed from a way of life that had become wretchedly uncongenial and for which I was all too obviously under-equipped. I was then nineteen, and a large, top-heavy ...

Be ready in the morning, and come... present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee (Exod. 34:2-3). The morning watch is essential. You must not face the day ...