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Latin was a scholar’s luxury.

'But finally, the classics,’ the abbot ventured timidly.

-What classics! Man’s first duty is to live. And for that, it is necessary to be healthy and strong. All sensible education consists of this: creating health, strength, and habits, developing the animal exclusively, arming it with great physical superiority. As if it had no soul. The soul comes later….The soul is another luxury.

Affonso ended up discovering an intimate charm in the view.It was like a seascape,framed in white stonework, suspended from the blue sky showing the fleeting episodes of a peaceful river life with always in the background two white houses full of expression, sometimes sparkling and emitting rays from the glowing windows;sometimes taking on a pensive air,covered in the tender pinks of sunset,almost like a human blush