Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.
Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's not to say humble people don't exist there, but ambition seems really important.
It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.