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The Intellectual Is Engage-he Is Pledged, Committed, Enlisted. What Everyone Else Is Willing To Admit, Namely That Ideas And Abstractions Are Of Signal Importance In Human Life, He Imperatively Feels.

It Is The Historic Glory Of The Intellectual Class Of The West In Modern Times That, Of All The Classes Which Could Be Called In Any Sense Privileged, It Has Shown The Largest And Most Consistent Concern For The Well-being Of The Classes Which Lie Below It In The Social Scale.

The Role Of Third Parties Is To Sting Like A Bee, Then Die.

One Of The Primary Tests Of The Mood Of A Society At Any Given Time Is Whether Its Comfortable People Tend To Identify, Psychologically, With The Power And Achievements Of The Very Successful Or With The Needs And Sufferings Of The Underprivileged.

Intellect Is Neither Practical Nor Impractical; It Is Extra-practical.