"it Must Be Inconvenient To Be Made

To 'know Thyself' Is Considered Quite An Accomplishment.

Modern Education Includes Morality; Therefore The Modern Child Seeks Only Entertainment In Its Wonder-tales And Gladly Dispenses With All Disagreeable Incident.

Familiarity With Any Great Thing Removes Our Awe Of It. The Great General Is Only Terrible To The Enemy; The Great Poet Is Frequently Scolded By His Wife; The Children Of The Great Statesman Clamber About His Knees With Perfect Trust And Impunity; The Great Actor Who Is Called Before The Curtain By Admiring Audiences Is Often Waylaid At The Stage Door By His Creditors.

"it Must Be Inconvenient To Be Made Of Flesh," Said The Scarecrow Thoughtfully, "for You Must Sleep, And Eat And Drink. However, You Have Brains, And It Is Worth A Lot Of Bother To Be Able To Think Properly."

If We Didn't Want Anything, We Would Never Get Anything, Good Or Bad. I Think Our Longings Are Natural, And If We Act As Nature Prompts Us We Can't Go Far Wrong.