Zinger here from the diaries of Count Harry Kessler – 6 September 1915:

The man without leisure as the greatest obstacle to culture. The man (be he a staff officer, stockbroker, industrialist, scholar) whose profession leaves no time for him to be alone with himself, and so becomes a man without a soul or a heart. This type is seizing exclusive control of the world for itself. Precisely his competence makes him dangerous.

Photo by Kevin Clifford, (c) BSO

In other news…reviewed Richard Strauss’s Salome last night, in a brave concert performance by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. There really shouldn’t have been any empty seats in Symphony Hall. My review is here.