Besides, Latin
and Greek are great humbug; the more people know of them the more
odious they generally are; the nice people whom you delight in either
never knew any at all or forgot what they had learned as soon as they
could; they never turned to the classics after they were no longer
forced to read them; therefore they are nonsense, all very well in
their own time and country, but out of place here. Never learn
anything until you find you have been made uncomfortable for a good
long while by not knowing it; when you find that you have occasion for
this or that knowledge, or foresee that you will have occasion for it
shortly, the sooner you learn it the better, but till then spend your
time in growing bone and muscle; these will be much more useful to you
than Latin and Greek, nor will you ever be able to make them if you do
not do so now, whereas Latin and Greek can be acquired at any time by
those who want them.
"You are surrounded on every side by lies which would deceive even the
elect, if the elect were not generally so uncommonly wide awake; the
self of which you are conscious, your reasoning and reflecting self,
will believe these lies and bid you act in accordance with them.
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