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I really like this book!

"The intricacies of scrollwork and the excruciating delicacy of the gold-inlay work would, because of the brevity of his spare-project time, make it a labor of many years; but in a dark sea of centuries wherein nothing seemed to flow, a lifetime was only brief eddy, even for the man who lived it."

From a racist author:
"Nature has color-coded groups of individuals so that statistically reliable predictions of their adaptability to intellectually rewarding and effective lives can easily be made and profitably be used by the pragmatic man in the street."

"“Much greater faults than yours are washed away
By much less shame,” my Master said. “Unload
Your heart of all grief. I am here today
And always, at your side on the long road,
To tell you, if by chance you’re led astray
By people in a quarrel, that the wish
To listen while they fight is devilish.”"

Good info on Olive Walkers article, which ought to have become famous but didn't. She showed how one of the best school classes in America, with an average IQ of 115, was 90 percent black. Their parents had a poor upbringing, but got themselves subsidized college degrees after World War One.

Glad I kept reading this book. It has developed very well.