Over the course of more than 60 years of writing, he never ceased insisting that happiness and fulfilment were not to be sought in some other world, but rather in the here and now of our earthly condition and in the simple realities that all people share.
"But all this had now got to cease," he insisted, "these facts having come to the knowledge of the authorities at Washington, they had sent me there to put an end to them — an absolute end".
Though repetition and stereotype might seem to be the bane of the formalized love song, Ted Gioia's new book, "Love Songs: The Hidden History" (Oxford), shows that the flow of them never ceases, and insists that, properly heard, each love song sings its time.
Yet he always remained true to the ideal of "Enlightenment," at least as he understood that ideal, and he never ceased to insist that philosophy ought to make a practical difference in the world.
I can remain silent no longer because for over 30 years my lawyers have never ceased to insist that I was betrayed by the judge, that the judge perjured himself, and that I served my sentence.
(Khateri, incidentally, is firmly opposed to Iran developing nuclear weapons. The government, defying UN demands that it cease enriching uranium, insists it wishes only to generate power for civilian purposes).
Kerry emerged from the group's meeting insisting: "The cease fire is not dead".
After Uber launched the service in Portland at the beginning of December, the city quickly filed a lawsuit insisting Uber cease and desist operating a business the local government considers illegal.
Did a similar degree of conviction emerge on the vexed topic of the Heineken Cup, which the rebellious English and French clubs insist will cease to exist in its current form at the end of this last, valedictory campaign?
The Rolling Stones, the latest to insist Trump cease and desist, issued a statement Wednesday asking the real estate mogul to stop using their music.
