A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Source: Heinlein, via Kottke.
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I found this quote from Heinlein in a book on the table at the piano teacher's house a few months back, and made a point of reading it aloud to B1.
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