All Things Are At Odds

A People's Literature Is The Great Text-book For Real Knowledge Of Them.

Civilization...is A Matter Of Imponderables, Of Delight In The Thins Of The Mind, Of Love Of Beauty, Of Honor, Grace, Courtesy, Delicate Feeling. Where Imponderables, Are Things Of First Importance, There Is The Height Of Civilization, And, If At The Same Time, The Power Of Art Exists Unimpaired, Human Life Has Reached A Level Seldom Attained And Very Seldom Surpassed.

So Far, We Do Not Seem Appalled At The Prospect Of Exactly The Same Kind Of Education Being Applied To All The School Children From The Atlantic To The Pacific, But There Is An Uneasiness In The Air, A Realization That The Individual Is Growing Less Easy To Find; An Idea, Perhaps, Of What Standardization Might Become When The Units Are Not Machines, But Human Beings.

The Comedy Of Each Age Holds Up A Mirror To The People Of That Age, A Mirror That Is Unique.

The Temper Of Mind That Sees Tragedy In Life Has Not For Its Opposite The Temper That Sees Joy. The Opposite Pole To The Tragic View Of Life Is The Sordid View.