The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.
Britain, however, has ended up specializing in the ones you don't see as much of: defense aerospace, making drive shafts for cars, pills and drugs, designing chips that go into 94 percent of the world's mobile phones.
I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent.

