Chapter XIII -- Breadth of Life

One of the prime characteristics of
the man of culture is freedom
from provincialism, complete deliver-
ance from rigidity of temper, narrow-
ness of interest, uncertainty of taste,
and general unripeness. The villager,
or pagan in the old sense, is always a
provincial; his horizon is narrow, his
outlook upon the world restricted, his
knowledge of life limited. He may
know a few things thoroughly; he
cannot know them in true relation to
one another or to the larger order of
which they are part. He may know
a few persons intimately; he cannot

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