DR. ERNST CHOOSES
DESERT ISLAND BOOKS
Chaucer Is First Chofoe;
Would Write Botany
The reporter asked Dr. Rudolph
H. Ernst what twelve books be
would select from a ship’s library
if he were cast on a desert island
with no hope of rescue for years.
“I am a far too social being to
be shipwrecked on a desert island
with only books to occupy me,” Dr.
Ernst replied. “But if you insist I
must imagine such a situation, here
goes. First, I would cut out all
realistic literature because it would
bo rather too irrelevant if I were
in the predicament of living a lone
ly life on a desert island.
“There are many books I
wouldn’t take, but I am sure I
wouldn’t want anything realistic.
I’d cut out all propaganda litera
ture because that, too, would seem
irrelevant. I wouldn’t be interest
ed in propaganda because there
would be no one else there to dis
cuss it with me.
“Any literature that alms to
establish a thesis, for instance,
Brieux’s plays or ‘Uncle Tom’s
Cabin,' I would omit from my li
brary.
“There is one author I would take
along—that is Chaucer. I think
Chaucer is very much greater than
Shakespeare, you know; that
is, I like him better. I don’t grade
them, for I don’t think grading is
particular useful.
“No, I wouldn’t be interested in
a dictionary or any naefnl books
excepting those that would enable
me to exist and remain in good
health. I would write my own bot
any. I think. I would take along
Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations,’ be
cause they might stimulate me to
write my own. As I think about
it, I am sure I’d take voluminous
books, because then I would have ;
more material. »
“The only reason I would like 1
to be on this desert island at all,
would be because there would be
no interruptions and I think I
would have time to write that auto
biographical novel, vfhieh I, and I
think every other English instruc
tor, has up his sleeve, but never
finishes. One thing though,I would
write for the sheer enjoyment of
writing, just for the joy of using
words beautifully. I like to play
with words—to experiment.
“Let’s see, I have cut out all real
istic literature and propaganda, I
would still have the classics to
choose from; all romantic litera
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;ure to choose from; all history to
ihoose from—and, by the way, I
;hink I would take along some bio
graphies.
“No, I wouldn’t be interested in
■eference books. I don’t think I
vould have any ulterior interests,
ny interests would be confined
>rincipally to knowledge for its own
osity, I would try to create some
lake, to satisfy my intellectual cur
thing with clay perhaps, or possi
bly paints.
“At any rate,” he concluded,
“I would take a boy scout manual
and something that would tell me
how to build a boat to get off this
island.”
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