Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun
Jacques Martin Barzunwas a French-born American historian. Focusing on ideas and culture, he wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball and classical music. He was also known as a philosopher of education. In the book Teacher in America, Barzun influenced the training of schoolteachers in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth30 November 1907
CountryUnited States of America
faces surprise stranger
Strangers who have seen Shaw face to face are wont to report their surprise at his gentleness and consideration, his willingness to listen and his complete lack of pose.
sleep fighting naps
I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming on, I give in and don't fight it.
perfection alternatives illusion
It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.