Animal training may give one the means to make a living; liberal education gives living a meaning. - Everett Dean Martin

The greater the industrial and political organization, the greater is the emphasis on the individual as a mere mass unit, and the smaller his importance as a single separate person.

Is learning a venture in spiritual freedom that is humanism, or is it a routine process of animal training?

Individuality is a cultural achievement rather than a gift of nature. During the 19th century it was rather common for people to believe they were expressing their individuality by being "natural."