I Have Always Been - I Think

Old Age Is Like Learning A New Profession. And Not One Of Your Own Choosing.

I Can Only Think That The Book Is Read Because It Deals With The Difficulties Of Schooling, Which Do Not Change. Please Note: The Difficulties, Not The Problems. Problems Are Solved Or Disappear With The Revolving Times. Difficulities Remain. It Will Always Be Difficult To Teach Well, To Learn Accurately; To Read, Write, And Count Readily And Competently; To Acquire A Sense Of History And Start One's Education Or Anothers.

Out Of Man's Mind In Free Play Comes The Creation Science. It Renews Itself, Like The Generations, Thanks To An Activity Which Is The Best Game Of Homo Ludens: Science Is In The Strictest And Best Sense A Glorious Entertainment.

Boredom And Fatigue Are Great Historical Forces.

The Piano Is The Social Instrument Par Excellence... Drawing-room Furniture, A Sign Of Bourgeois Prosperity, The Most Massive Of The Devices By Which The Young Are Tortured In The Name Of Education And The Grown-up In The Name Of Entertainment.