His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.
His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.
He did not know, and perhaps this doctor did. And he could not take the chance of pitting his certain ignorance against this man's possible knowledge. He was trapped as his people were always trapped, and would be until, as he had said, they could be sure that the things in the books ere really in the books.
Doc would listen to any kind of nonsense and change it for you to a kind of wisdom.
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
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