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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary education can take no account of so aristocratic a good. I do not believe this. The joy of mental adventure is far commoner in the young than in grown men and women. ...It is rare in later life because everything is done to kill it during education.
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Rare virtues are like rare plants or animals, things that have not been able to hold their own in the world. A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.
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Yachts are the closest a commoner can get to sovereignty.
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Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.