Kokoro

by Natsume Sōseki

hesitant. “Of course, if he did have

The development—or the destruction—of man’s body and mind depends upon external stimuli. Unless one is very careful, and unless one sees to it that the intensity of the stimuli is gradually increased, one will find too late that the body, or the mind, has atrophied.

would finish a book, then cast it aside and open another.