We can understand atomic theory, and we can understand literature and learn about the great works of art and all the great things of culture, but why?

FORBES: Has Education Lost Its Soul? (Pt. 2)

The fact is that works of art, literature, works of history, they speak to our condition and they affirm our desire for something more and something better.

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