Thursday's Thought for the Day

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) was a prominent educator well-steeped in classical studies. This no doubt provided part of the foundation for this particular observation:

"Civilization, a much abused word, stands for a high
matter quite apart from telephones and electric lights.
It is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the things
of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy,
delicate feeling. Where imponderables are the things
of first importance, there is the height of civilization,
and if, at the same time, the power of art exists
unimpaired, human life has reached a level seldom
attained and very seldom surpassed"