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.
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.
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.
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.
