Thursday, November 29, 2012

November 29, 2012

Sometimes I fall behind in this project, but every time I return to Camillo's letters I feel like he hands me a dusty gem that's been boxed up in the family attic. Today is one of those days.

Sara una fatica fatta una volta per tutte e non avrai piu da pensarci in seguito.  Studia attentamente l’aritmetica anche se non ti piace, perche non vi e altro studio migliore per far ragionare bene e questo e la cosa migliore che gli uomini posseggano, sebbene alcuni, tra cui forse alcuni dei tuoi professori, non la pensino cosi.

If you make an effort once and for all, you won’t need to go back and do more later.  Study arithmetic attentively, even if you don’t like it, because there is no better subject for learning to reason well and this is the most important thing that men possess, although some people, perhaps even some of your teachers might not agree.

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