Recent contact with the staff of Western Ont. University has shocked me into vigilance once more. Not merely mediocrity but tepidity of soul, timidity of mind and a horrible rebellion against anything real marks these people. The are the obverse of Babbitt, not the antithesis. Smirking little automatons. L'infame.
Letter to Walter J. Ong, S.J., and Clement J. McNaspy, S.J., December 23, 1944, in Letters of Marshall McLuhan (1987), p 166
Year: 1944
Chapter:
Wake Them Up!
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan