Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all. As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities. Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes. Fear is the parent of cruelty. The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society. Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. |