Back to Methuselah though Kennedy stated that he was quoting Shaw—"You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?' Back to Methuselah Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch) by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface ("An Infidel Half Century") and a series of five plays: "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden)", "The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day", "The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170", "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000", and "As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31,920". All were written during 1918–20, published simultaneously by
But Why Not mile and a quarter on the dirt. She also finished second in the Dwyer Stakes against males, losing again to Phalanx, and second in the Ladies Handicap to Snow Goose at Belmont Park Early in 1949 at Jamaica Racetrack, But Why Not raced against fillies and placed second behind Lithe in the Comely Stakes. Then her owners at King Ranch entered her in the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park over the Memorial Day weekend. But Why Not finished third to Loser Weeper and Vulcan's Forge. She again took on males on the Belmont Stakes undercard in the one and a