The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.
Jacques Barzun
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- The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.
- 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.
- Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.
- Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.
- It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.