"Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions."
-Jacques Barzun
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"It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.“
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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."
-Jacques Barzun
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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."
-Jacques Barzun
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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
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"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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"RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
-Sebastian Junger
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