Good fences make good neighbors.
The question that he frames in all but words is what to make of a diminished thing.
What is required is sight and insight- then you might add one more: excite.
College is a refuge from hasty judgment.
A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.
Don't join too many gangs. Join few if any. Join the United States and join the family- But not much in between unless a college.