““I learned a great deal,” said Beran. “And then I lost all heart for further learning.”
Palafox’s eyes glinted. “Education is not achieved through the heart—it is a systematization of the mental processes.”
“But I am something other than a mental process,” said Beran. “I am a man. I must reckon with the whole of myself.””

Source: The Languages of Pao (1958), Chapter 13 (p. 133)

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Respect me! Protect me! Never neglect me!
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