V. Woolf [2] – (from A Society)
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‘Exigimos obtener intelecto y ya lo tenemos.’ ‘Y es el intelecto’, continuó, ‘que es al fondo de ello’. ‘¿Qué sería más encantador que un muchacho antes de que haya empezado cultivar el intelecto?; él entiende el significado del arte y la literatura instintivamente; él anda disfrutando la vida y asegura que otras personas puedan disfrutar suyas. Entonces le enseñan cómo cultivar el intelecto. Él se hace un abogado, un funcionario, un general, un autor, un catedrático. Cada día va a una oficina. Cada año produce un libro. Mantiene una familia por los productos de su cerebro – ¡diablo pobre! Pronto no puede entrar en un cuarto sin que nos haga sentir incómodas; condesciende a cada mujer con que conoce, y no atraviesa contar la verdad ni aun a su propia esposa; en vez de alegra nuestros ojos tenemos que cerrarlos si queremos abrazarlo. Es verdad, se consuelan con estrellas de todas formas, cintas de todas diferentes matices e ingresos de todos diferentes tamaños – ¿Pero, qué va a consolar nosotros?
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‘We insisted upon having intellect and now we’ve got it. ‘And it’s intellect’, she continued, ‘that’s at the bottom of it. What could be more charming than a boy before he has started to cultivate his intellect?; he understands the meaning of art and literature instinctively; he goes about enjoying his life and making other people enjoy theirs. Then they teach him to cultivate his intellect. He becomes a barrister, a civil servant, a general, an author, a professor. Every day he goes to an office. Every year he produces a book. He maintains a whole family by the products of his brain – poor devil! Soon he cannot come into a room without making us feel uncomfortable; he condescends to every woman he meets, and dares not to tell the truth even to his own wife; instead of rejoicing our eyes we have to shut them if we are to take him in our arms. True, they console themselves with stars of all shapes, ribbons of all shades, and incomes of all sizes – but what is to console us?
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