Jacques Barzun's Quote - Tennis belongs to the individualistic past

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Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world. – Jacques Barzun

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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on ones share in the worlds work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. – Jacques Barzun

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Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game. – Jacques Barzun

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Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. – Jacques Barzun

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