It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary education can take no account of so aristocratic a good. I do not believe this. The joy of mental adventure is far commoner in the young than in grown men and women....It is rare in later life because everything is done to kill it during education.


Why men fight: a method of abolishing the international duel (ed. 1917)

Bertrand Russell Quotes

It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary education can take no...

It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary education can take no...

It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary education can take no...

It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary education can take no...