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Love. This is the experience every young person needs, in order to grow up useful. Isaac Newton is evidence that you're mistaken. If young person with talent
by sillysaurus 14y ago
Love. This is the experience every young person needs, in order to grow up useful.
Isaac Newton is evidence that you're mistaken. If young person with talent and ambition were to mistakenly believe you, the most common outcome is that they'd become shadows of their former potential a few years later.
- wpietri 14y agoIs Newton evidence of that? If I recall rightly, he had a pretty hard life as a kid. Learning how to work hard and get things done is definitely an experience every young person needs, and a high-school summer washing dishes will hurt nobody. I've seen plenty of people with talent and ambition but lacking the requisite execution skills. And I've seen people with much less talent make great progress because of their hard work.
- jamessb 14y agoWhen Isaac Newton came to Cambridge, he matriculated a subsizar, meaning that he effectively worked as a menial servant rather than paying fees. Relevant section of Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3ngEugMMa9YC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA7 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3ngEugMMa9YC&pg=PA71&...
- sillysaurus 14y agoThe commentator said, "Love. This is the experience every young person needs, in order to grow up useful." I took this to mean, "Every young person needs to experience love to grow up useful." i.e. a relationship. I hope nobody who upvoted me felt that hard work is unnecessary.