Did you read that book I gave you?
Some of it.
That's reassuring.
I just don't have much time.
There is no greater challenge than the study of philosophy.
But William James won't be in my Starfleet exams.
The important things never will be. Anyone can be trained in the mechanics of piloting a starship.
But Starfleet Academy
It takes more. Open your mind to the past. Art, history, philosophy. And all this may mean something.
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