Old Age Is Like Learning A New

No Subject Of Study Is More Important Than Reading…all Other Intellectual Powers Depend On It.

In A Large University, There Are As Many Deans And Executive Heads As There Are Schools And Departments. Their Relations To One Another Are Intricate And Periodic; In Fact, "galaxy" Is Too Loose A Term: It Is A Planetarium Of Deans With The President Of The University As A Central Sun. One Can See Eclipses, Inner Systems, And Oppositions.

I'll Read, And Then I'll Take Naps. When I Feel Sleep Coming On, I Give In And Don't Fight It.

The Eager Or Dutiful Persons Who Subject Themselves To These Tidal Waves Of The Classics And The Moderns Find Everything Wonderful In An Absent-minded Way. The Wonder Washes Over Them Rather Than Into Them, And One Of Its Effects Is To Make Anything Shocking Or Odd Suddenly Interesting Enough To Gain A Month's Celebrity. And So Another By-product Of Our Come-one, Come-all Policy Is The Tendency To Reward Cleverness, Not Art, And To Put One More Hurdle In The Path Of The Truly Original Artist.

Education In The United States Is A Passion And A Paradox. Millions Want It, And Commend It, And Are Busy About It. At The Same Time They Degrade It By Trying To Get It Free Of Charge And Free Of Work.