Above All, The Ability To

Everybody Keeps Calling For Excellence - Excellence Not Just In Schooling, Throughout Society. But As Soon As Somebody Or Something Stands Out As Excellent, The Other Shout Goes Up: "elitism!" And Whatever Produced That Thing, Whoever Praises That Result, Is Promptly Put Down. "standing Out" Is Undemocratic.

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.

If Civilization Has Risen From The Stone Age, It Can Rise Again From The Wastepaper Age.

Americans Began By Loving Youth, And Now, Out Of Adult Self-pity, They Worship It.

The Ascetic Is Often A Sensualist Who Has Reached The Limit Of His Capacity.