Look, Buckley writes hella dense and always send me to the dictionary at least once per column - but the man has a POINT to his writing.
I was one question off from a perfect SAT verbal. I read a lot of Russian literature badly translated and I have been published often. I can get Shakespears most subtle jokes.
Crap - I edited that last post and it re-wrote itselt after I posted it. Anyway, it is as coherent as the King quote you just gave us.