The Selfish Prig At Play

David Brooks, we call you out to let you know that James O. Freedman reaches out from the grave to tell you to have a nice hot cup of shut the f*ck up.

 I have always been very impatient of processes and institutions which said that their purpose was to put every man in the way of developing his character. My advice is: Do not think about your character. If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.