I found this quote at the beginning of Matthiessen's book "At Play in the Fields of the Lord". I thought it spoke to Salinger's emphasis on innocence. "The way to innocence, to the uncreated and to God leads on, not back, not back to the wolf or the child, but ever further into sin, ever deeper into human life." --Hermann Hesse Paul * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * O snail Climb Mount Fuji, But slowly, slowly! Issa