Schoolies came about as a way for young people to come together to celebrate the end of high school, to fill the “What now?” void.

O braue new world / That has ſuch people in't.

Heroic cultures are inevitably presented as ur-cultures, as something not so much lived in as looked back upon.

Entering the hotel they tossed off a glass of wine apiece, bemouthed a cigar, and directed the landlord to provide the best game supper in his power.