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... " 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.