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better"and"more"lasting"reasons;"for"making"friends,"living"a"community" life,"for"retaining"your"individuality"while"moulding"it"to"harmonise"with" others,"for"making"mental"effort"under"a"certain"amount"of"pressure.""
" One"famous"19th"century"English"teacher,"William"JohnsonOCory,"put"it"like" this:"" ""you"go"to"a"school"not"so"much"for"knowledge"as"for"arts"and"habits;"for" the"habit"of"attention,"for"the"art"of"expression,"for"the"art"of"assuming"at" a"moment's"notice"a"new"intellectual"position,"for"the"art"of"entering" quickly"into"another"person's"thoughts,"for"the"habit"of"submitting"to" censure"and"refutation,"for"the"art"of"indicating"assent"or"dissent"in" graduated"terms,"for"the"habit"of"regarding"minute"points"of"accuracy,"for" the"art"of"working"out"what"is"possible"in"a"given"time,"for"taste,"for" discrimination"[by"which"he"meant"judgement],"for"mental"courage,"and" for"mental"soberness.""
" Many"of"you"will"have"studied"art."I’d"encourage"you"in"the"years"ahead" not"to"regard"it"as"a"separate"subject,"but"rather"as"an"added"dimension" to"everything"you"do."There"is"art"in"painting,"music"and"sculpture,"but" there"is"also"art"in"fine"English"or"German,"in"a"perfectly"executed"ski" technique,"and"or"even"in"baking"a"cake."The"artist"in"a"man"or"lady"is" what"gives"them"wings."It"turns"lead"to"gold."""
" I’ve"noted"the"emphasis"your"school"places"on"extracurricular"activities" and"sports."I"reflected"after"school"that"sport"teaches"that"valuable"
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