A quotation from Barzun

Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) French-American historian, educator, polymath
Quoted in Arthur Krystal, “Age of Reason,” The New Yorker (2007-10-15)

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One learns not by a photographic copying of things shown, but by an internal drama imitative of the action witnessed. When the instructor gropes for a word, corrects himself, interjects a comment or an analogy not directly called for, he gives a spectacle of man thinking which no slick film or televised show will provide.
-- Jacques Barzun

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“Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.” — Jacques Barzun, “Age of Reason,” The New Yorker (02007-10-15)
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One learns not by a photographic copying of things shown, but by an internal drama imitative of the action witnessed. When the instructor gropes for a word, corrects himself, interjects a comment or an analogy not directly called for, he gives a spectacle of man thinking which no slick film or televised show will provide.
-- Jacques Barzun

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One learns not by a photographic copying of things shown, but by an internal drama imitative of the action witnessed. When the instructor gropes for a word, corrects himself, interjects a comment or an analogy not directly called for, he gives a spectacle of man thinking which no slick film or televised show will provide.
-- Jacques Barzun

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One learns not by a photographic copying of things shown, but by an internal drama imitative of the action witnessed. When the instructor gropes for a word, corrects himself, interjects a comment or an analogy not directly called for, he gives a spectacle of man thinking which no slick film or televised show will provide.
-- Jacques Barzun

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Reading Jacques Barzun (about intellectual activity) and came across a gem that could be appropriated by writers for when they are asked, “Where do you get your story ideas?”

Answer: “Intestinal fiat.”

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