The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring and avoids it. Without the hidden conspiracy of goodwill, society would not endure an hour.

Despite the value of his critical prose he dismissed these works as being financially motivated. They remained married until Rexroth's death in 1982. de L.

Rexroth had two daughters Mary (who later changed her name to Mariana) and Katharine by his third wife Marthe Larsen. Kenneth Rexroth (December 22 1905 – June 6 1982) was an American poet translator and critical essayist. Although he did not consider himself to be a Beat poet and disliked the association he was dubbed the "Father of the Beats" by Time.