"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
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"Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.“
-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."
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"It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence."
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"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."
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"Develop an interest in life as you see it the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."
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"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary."
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"Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul."
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