Simplicity Is An Acquired Taste. Mankind, Left

Educational Legislation Nowadays Is Largely In The Hands Of Illiterate People, And The Illiterate Will Take Good Care That Their Illiteracy Is Not Made A Reproach On Them.

Do You See Any Majority, Anywhere, In This Imperfect And Irreligious World, Admitting That The Minority Is Precious? That Any Minority Is Precious?

If You Are Perfectly Willing To Shock An Individual Verbally, The Next Thing You Will Be Doing Is To Shock Him Practically.

We Put [young Children] Into Kindergarten Where Their Reasoning Powers Are Ruined; Or, If We Can Afford It, We Buy Montessori Outfits That Were Invented For Semi-imbeciles In Italian Slums; Or We Send Them To Outdoor Schools And Give Them Prizes For Sleeping.

... It Is A Great Mistake To Confuse Conventionality With Simplicity ... It Takes A Good Deal Of Intelligence And A Great Many Inhibitions To Follow A Social Code.