Ezra Pound was never in touch with Dr. Mengele. Tim Redman On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:51:48 -0500 Jonathan Morse <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At 11:23 AM 1/29/98 -0800, Bill Freind wrote: > >A few days ago, someone (sorry, forgot who) mentioned Michael Lind's book > >_Up from Conservatism_, which suggests Pound financed some of Mullins' > >work. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned *why* Lind talks about Mullins. > > > >Briefly, Lind is showing the sources for televangelist and erstwhile > >presidential candidate Pat Robertson's book _The New World Order_. > > Right, and _Up from Conservatism_ is a good book. But my concern on this > list was with Pound. > However, as long as we're talking politics, here's a quote from Mullins, > pp. 320-21: > > "During the 1956 elections, [Pound] called to my attention the commissar or > foetus type of public official that seems to have been produced by the > modern state. It is characterized by a round head, usually bald, a petulant > mouth, and the formless features of a new-born baby. In July, 1959, he > wrote to me, > > "'Look up Lavater, 1745-1801, "inventor of physiognomic studies," esp. > criminal TYPES. > > "'my impression that he set almost at lowest level the foetus type . . .'. > > "I promptly did some research, and found, to my surprise, that a number of > great leaders in recent years could be classified as the foetus type, or > those who have not been fully formed in the womb. Such people seem capable, > indeed fated, to cause great harm to others. These atavistic types are > characterized by slight development of the pilar system, low cranial > capacity, great frequency of Wormian bones, early closing of the cranial > sutures, and a lemurine appendix. The type is round-faced, with slightly > protruding eyes and a vacant grin." > > The pictures in _This Difficult Individual, Ezra Pound_ demonstrate that > Mullins' own pilar system was in fine shape; he was quite a hairy young > man. How he got clearance to dissect the bodies of great leaders he doesn't > say. But one does wonder whether Pound kept in touch with Dr. Mengele after > the war. > > > -- > Jonathan Morse > Department of English > University of Hawaii at Manoa > [log in to unmask] Tim Redman School of Arts and Humanities, JO 31 University of Texas at Dallas P.O. Box 830688 Richardson, TX 75083-0688 (972) 883-2775 (o) (972) 883-2989 (fax)