| Author: | Annie Payson Call | ISBN: | 9788822882530 |
| Publisher: | Annie Payson Call | Publication: | December 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Annie Payson Call |
| ISBN: | 9788822882530 |
| Publisher: | Annie Payson Call |
| Publication: | December 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
...There are two worlds in the minds of men: the one is artificial, selfish, and personal, the other is real and universal; the one is limited, material, essentially of the earth, the other supposes a kind of larger cosmopolitanism, and has no geographical limits at all; it is as wide as humanity itself, and only bounded by the capacity for experience, insight, and sympathy in the mind and heart of man. A true man of the world, therefore, is not primarily of it, a true man of the world must know and understand the world; and in order to do so, he should be able at any time to get it into perspective...
...There are two worlds in the minds of men: the one is artificial, selfish, and personal, the other is real and universal; the one is limited, material, essentially of the earth, the other supposes a kind of larger cosmopolitanism, and has no geographical limits at all; it is as wide as humanity itself, and only bounded by the capacity for experience, insight, and sympathy in the mind and heart of man. A true man of the world, therefore, is not primarily of it, a true man of the world must know and understand the world; and in order to do so, he should be able at any time to get it into perspective...
