Letter 10026: The question of how to live well in a world that is changing faster than one can adapt to it is one that occupies me...

...and you care for me, but I worry that you might take up some fight on my behalf while I'm away and draw hostility...

...was unexpectedly held up.

Since no official courier was available, I entrusted this letter to a private traveler.

It's an old saying that talent is nourished by honor.

If I were not doing these things, I would be doing wrong; but in doing them, I should not reasonably expect praise.