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diaiplinc, k mld his doRor, nor that la& wouldn't tlh if, bor that he &+<br />
Hehptindrdngkuos'tmmychdanw,sndarmnofIcfM.~~esuthoritiu<br />
agreed with put of wha~ he pid a la. A few w& lam Kemx wu<br />
honourably diwhuged with an 'indifferat ehpractn:'<br />
Hma. Kaouaf, although cnthudastic enough m volunteer for tk Navy. lncM the<br />
mnpmmat to follow tk stria diuipline of military Life. His vim rm dgim reflecl<br />
Ulir artitude, ar he writer in lltd Scriplyre ofthe Golden Bcm.ty:<br />
When you've undaamd W ruipmze, thmw it away. If you clnt underwand this<br />
mipat=, thmw it away. I inrin on your Mom.'<br />
Further, Kemw wriw in 'Afmmuh: The Origins of the Bslt Generation' that<br />
he and his friend3 Nmcd away fmm Witid sources of authority and fwnd a new<br />
m in tk undmla.. orfibien of hi*, hustkm drug rddicu. and jazz mudeianr:<br />
thor who (ME "kt up. M 'teat down" by mntempnarl xciety. Kemuac writes:<br />
bCOI, meaning d m and out but fuU of intense mviffim.... It ncvcr mont<br />
jade dclinqmu; it meant channen of a spcchl piriNllity who didn't gang<br />
up but sotirary kWks ltaring out the dead waO window of our civilintion.<br />
The subremean h- who'd finally mmcd hom the 'Wm' machine of tk<br />
Wat and were taking dnrgr, digging bop, having hh+x of insight, expdeneing<br />
uu "dsangsmt of the pnra,' talldng sums, bemg pmr and glad, prophesying<br />
a ow ~tyle for American NINE, a n m style (we thought) ampleDly fmm<br />
Evropean influenecs (unlike the Lost Generation), a new incantation.'<br />
' Ann Chartm, KC-:<br />
1973). p. 39.<br />
A Biogmphy (San Fmdrco: Smighl A m Plus.<br />
' Kcmw. 7k Scripture ofrk &/den Bcmiry, pet. 45.<br />
lack Kemuac. 'Anemam: The Philosophy of the Beat Gcncmtion' EI@n.<br />
Much I m, reprinted in JlcL K now, Gmd Blonde & Others. Dnuld AUm, ad. (San<br />
Francira: Grey Fox. 1993). p. 47.
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