Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game. – Jacques Barzun
Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world. – Jacques Barzun
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
The test and the use of mans education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. – Jacques Barzun