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Jacques Barzun (1907 – 2012)


French-born American scholar, historian, critic, teacher and editor.
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Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
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Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.
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On reflection, moral judgment in the arts appears rather as a tribute to their power to influence emotion and possibly conduct. And reflecting further on what some critics do today, one sees that a good many have merely shifted the ground of their moralism, transferring their impulse of righteousness to politics and social issues.




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