From Nature's womb vitality will burst / Upon the optic and all other nerves, / To make us stare with wonder at ourselves. / The valetudinarian thus will learn / One cacoëthic cause of all his woe.
Adam Grant, who has an encyclopedic—should I say Wikipedic?—knowledge of the field, pointed me to relevant research that I wasn't aware of.
When we do not demand that our children take a break from their seductive playthings, when we do not require that they strong-heartedly persist in their endeavors, when we attribute their laggardly behavior and mediocre performance to partisan teachers, corrupt bureaucracies, and a demoralized society, we are ultimately doing them a great disservice.
A strong north-easterly current had been experienced since coming through the Bashee channel, and we were happy to find the ship well to windward on making the land.
