... " that only educated and scholarly men are able to contribute something valuable to the world. It's not so. But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if they're brilliant and creative to begin with - with which, it is rarely the case - tend to leave infinitely more valuable records behind them than the men who are merely brilliant and creative. The tend to express themselves more clearly, and they usually have a passion for the following their thoughts through to the end. And - most importantly - nine times out of ten they have more humility than the unscholarly thinker."
Mr. Antolini
- from Salinger, J.D. (1951). Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown & Company. p 246.