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"If Puffendorf and Grotius were to return to earth, they'd die of hunger beside some road marker." "I know a lot about history and geography." IF PUFFENDORF AND GROCIOUS WERE TO RETURN TO EARTH THEY'D DIE OF HUNGER BESIDE SOME ROAD MARKER I KNOW A LOT ABOUT HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
 can promise himself that his child will excel? The odds are ten thousand to one that he'll be nothing but an unhappy scraper of strings, like me. You know, it would probably be easier to find a child suited to govern a kingdom, to make a great king, than one to make a great violin player. ME: It seems to me that agreeable talents, even mediocre ones, among a people without morals, lost in debauchery and luxury, would enable a man to advance rapidly along the road to fortune. I myself once heard the following conversation between some sort of patron and a kind of protégé. The latter had been recommended to the former as a pleasant man who could be of service to him. "Sir, what do you know?" "I know mathematics passably well." "All right, but after you've taught mathematics ten or twelve years you'll be covered with mud from the streets of Paris and you'll be entitled to an income of between three and four hundred pounds." "I've studied our laws, and I'm well versed in our legal system. M YES WHEN ONE EXCELS BUT WHO CAN PROMISE HIMSELF THAT HIS CHILD WILL EXCEL THE ODDS ARE TEN THOUSAND TO ONE THAT HE'LL BE NOTHING BUT AN UNHAPPY SCRAPER OF STRINGS LIKE ME YOU KNOW IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER TO FIND A CHILD SUITED TO GOVERN A KINGDOM TO MAKE A GREAT KING THAN ONE TO MAKE A GREAT VIOLIN PLAYER ME IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AGREEABLE TALENTS EVEN MEDIOCRE ONES AMONG A PEOPLE WITHOUT MORALS LOST IN DEBAUCHERY AND LUXURY WOULD ENABLE A MAN TO ADVANCE RAPIDLY ALONG THE ROAD TO FORTUNE I MYSELF ONCE HEARD THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOME SORT OF PATRON AND A KIND OF PROTEGE THE LATTER HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED TO THE FORMER AS A PLEASANT MAN WHO COULD BE OF SERVICE TO HIM SIR WHAT DO YOU KNOW I KNOW MATHEMATICS PASSABLY WELL ALL RIGHT BUT AFTER YOU'VE TAUGHT MATHEMATICS TEN OR TWELVE YEARS YOU'LL BE COVERED WITH MUD FROM THE STREETS OF PARIS AND YOU'LL BE ENTITLED TO AN INCOME OF BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS I'VE STUDIED OUR LAWS AND I'M WELL VERSED IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM
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