To The Reactionary Ear Every Whispered Criticism

Intellect Is Resented As A Form Of Power Or Privilege.

Intellect Needs To Be Understood Not As Some Kind Of Claim Against The Other Human Excellences For Which A Fatally High Price Has To Be Paid, But Rather As A Complement To Them Without Which They Cannot Be Fully Consummated.

In Using The Terms Play And Playfulness, I Do Not Intend To Suggest Any Lack Of Seriousness; Quite The Contrary. Anyone Who Has Watched Children, Or Adults, At Play Will Recognize That There Is No Contradiction Between Play And Seriousness, And That Some Forms Of Play Induce A Measure Of Grave Concentration Not So Readily Called Forth By Work.

To Be Confronted With A Simple And Unqualified Evil Is No Doubt A Kind Of Luxury.

It Is The Historic Glory Of The Intellectual Class Of The West In Modern Times That, Of All The Classes Which Could Be Called In Any Sense Privileged, It Has Shown The Largest And Most Consistent Concern For The Well-being Of The Classes Which Lie Below It In The Social Scale.