Rome wasn__ built in a day, but that's because they never used Cosmic Ordering.
I might be asked, __o you equally reject the approach which begins with the question __hat do modern children need?_ _ in other words, with the moral or didactic approach?_ I think the answer is Yes. Not because I don__ like stories to have a moral: certainly not because I think children dislike a moral. Rather because I feel sure that the question __hat do modern children need?_ will not lead you to a good moral. If we ask that question we are assuming too superior an attitude. It would be better to ask __hat moral do I need?_ for I think we can be sure that what does not concern us deeply will not deeply interest our readers, whatever their age. But it is better not to ask the question at all. Let the pictures tell you their own moral. For the moral inherent in them will rise from whatever spiritual roots you have succeeded in striking during the whole course of your life. But if they don__ show you any moral, don__ put one in.
Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
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I might be asked, __o you equally reject the approach which begins with the question __hat do modern children need?_ _ in other words, with the moral or didactic approach?_ I think the answer is Yes. Not because I don__ like stories to have a moral: certainly not because I think children dislike a moral. Rather because I feel sure that the question __hat do modern children need?_ will not lead you to a good moral. If we ask that question we are assuming too superior an attitude. It would be better to ask __hat moral do I need?_ for I think we can be sure that what does not concern us deeply will not deeply interest our readers, whatever their age. But it is better not to ask the question at all. Let the pictures tell you their own moral. For the moral inherent in them will rise from whatever spiritual roots you have succeeded in striking during the whole course of your life. But if they don__ show you any moral, don__ put one in.
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