Is There Something In Trade That Desiccates

The Average Educated Man In America Has About As Much Knowledge Of What A Political Idea Is As He Has Of The Principles Of Counterpoint. Each Is A Thing Used In Politics Or Music Which Those Fellows Who Practice Politics Or Music Manipulate Somehow. Show Him One And He Will Deny That It Is Politics At All. It Must Be Corrupt Or He Will Not Recognize It. He Has Only Seen Dried Figs. He Has Only Thought Dried Thoughts. A Live Thought Or A Real Idea Is Against The Rules Of His Mind.

Benevolence Alone Will Not Make A Teacher, Nor Will Learning Alone Do It. The Gift Of Teaching Is A Peculiar Talent, And Implies A Need And A Craving In The Teacher Himself.

Every Generation Is A Secret Society And Has Incommunicable Enthusiasms, Tastes, And Interests Which Are A Mystery Both To Its Predecessors And To Posterity.

There Are Lots Of People Who Cannot Think Seriously Without Injuring Their Minds.

Learning Is Not Easy, But Hard; Culture Is Severe. The Steps To Parnassus Are Steep And Terribly Arduous.