The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.
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Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.Jacques Barzun
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.
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Regarding the idea of race, ... no agreement seems to exist about what race means. Race seems to embody a fact as simple and as obvious as the noonday sun, but if that is so, why the endless wrangling about the idea and the facts of race. What is a race How can it be recognized Who constitute the several races.
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Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
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The more a man cultivates the arts the less he fornicates. A more and more apparent cleavage occurs between the spirit and the brute.
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In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principal.
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