Excerpt from The Helpful Science

It has been said reproachfully that man is fond of novelty. The reproach is unreasonable, since change is essential to both our bodily and mental health. Only through changes in its surroundings is the consciousness of the child first awakened, and only by the aid of fresh external or internal modifications is consciousness maintained in activity.

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