I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is singularly exact. For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming-- and a little mad.
|
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
|
But real action is in silent moments. The epochs of our life are not in the visible facts of our choice of a calling, our marriage, our acquisition of an office, and the like, but in a silent thought by the wayside as we walk; in a thought which revises our entire manner of life, and says,
|
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.
|
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
|
Insanity in individuals is something rare -- but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
|
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
|