Upon Further Reflection. Chapter 8: The Shame of American Education. Quote 11

“More than 300 years ago, Molière wrote a famous line: “I am asked by the learned doctors for the cause and reason why opium puts one to sleep, to which I reply that there is in it a soporific virtue, the nature of which is to lull the senses.” . . . Molières audience laughed.” (p. 123)