“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and
\nblow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails.
\nYou may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at
\nnight listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only
\nlove, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or
\nknow your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only
\none thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what
\nwags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust,
\nnever alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never
\ndream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a
\nlot of things there are to learn.”
\n — T.H. White, “The Once and Future King”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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