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An educated man is a man with a point of view from which he takes in the whole world.

Everything gained and everything claimed follows upon something given, and comes after something gratuitous and unearned; that in the beginning there is always a gift.

Yes, I did just change books because I realized I was tracking the wrong edition and that sort of things irritates my brain.

"To contemplate, on the other hand, to "look" in this sense, means to open one's eyes receptively to whatever offers itself to one's vision, and the things seen enter into us, so to speak, without calling for any effort out strain on our part to possess them."

"The word used to designate the place where we educate and teach is derived from a word which means "leisure"."