We have a faith in the imperishable dignityof man; in the high vocation to which, throughout this his earthly history, he has been appointed.

-Carlyle,Thomas
  Signs of the Times.

Am I prepared to lay down my life for the British female? Really, who knows?† Ah, for a child in the street I could strike; for the full- blown ladyö Somehow, Eustace, alas! I have not felt the vocation.

-Clough, Arthur Hugh
  Amours de Voyage, canto 2, pt.4.

Yo soy un artista. El placer de la carne le resta fuerzas a mi vocacio¤ n  picto¤  rica, prefiero sentir que los jugos de mi sexo fluyen hacia un cuadro, lo irrigan, lo fertilizan, lo realzan; ca¤  strame el goce de la carne, satisfa¤  ceme el goce del arte. Iamanartist.The pleasure ofthefleshrobsstrengthfrom myartistic vocation, I prefer to feel my sexual juices flow toward a painting, wash over it, fertilize it, realize it; the delights of the flesh castrate me, the delights of art satisfy me.

-Fuentes, Carlos
  Terra nostra,'El cronista'.