What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
I've known those pieces ever since I was about 16 or 17; I also at that time was taken to meet Charles Ives whom I got to know fairly well. He was the one who wrote a recommendation for me to get into college.
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.