Culture is a precious inheritance, immeasurably more difficult to achieve than to destroy, and, once destroyed, almost irretrievable. It’s not at all clear that we have learned the lesson, though wise men from before the time of Pericles have sought to bring us that sobering news.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Culture is a precious inheritance
From Future tense, XI: The lessons of culture by Roger Kimball.
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