The moral obligation to be intelligent, and other essays
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The moral obligation to be intelligent -- The call to service -- The mind of Shakspere -- Magic and wonder in literature -- Immortal things
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Page 24 of the text (38 of the pdf file) is illegible and should read:
(hu)mor, prefer not to be intelligent, but to do the will of God.
When we consider the nature of the problems to be solved in our day, it seems—to many of us, at least—that these un-English arrivals are correct, that intelligence is the virtue we particularly need. Courage and steadfastness we cannot do without, so long as two men dwell on the earth; but it is time to discriminate in our praise of these virtues. If you want to get out of prison, what you need is the key to the lock. If you cannot get that, have courage and steadfastness. Perhaps the modern world has got into a kind of prison, and what is needed is the key to the lock. If none of the old virtues exactly fits, why should it seem ignoble to admit it. England for centuries has got on better by sheer character than some other nations by sheer intelligence, but there is after all a
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Page 24 of the text (38 of the pdf file) is illegible and should read:
(hu)mor, prefer not to be intelligent, but to do the will of God.
When we consider the nature of the problems to be solved in our day, it seems—to many of us, at least—that these un-English arrivals are correct, that intelligence is the virtue we particularly need. Courage and steadfastness we cannot do without, so long as two men dwell on the earth; but it is time to discriminate in our praise of these virtues. If you want to get out of prison, what you need is the key to the lock. If you cannot get that, have courage and steadfastness. Perhaps the modern world has got into a kind of prison, and what is needed is the key to the lock. If none of the old virtues exactly fits, why should it seem ignoble to admit it. England for centuries has got on better by sheer character than some other nations by sheer intelligence, but there is after all a
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To locate a page in the main text of the pdf file I had to add a factor of 14.
In other words, page 15 of the pdf file will correspond to page 1 of the text.
Please note that this is my first post.
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