"I lived next door to an evening school. In the evenings the lights came on, and I could see men and women in the classrooms. They walked back and forth, but I could not hear them. I saw them talking to each other, and I thought it would be worth going there and listening to what they were saying. I had no intention of improving my thinking abilities - I was done with that every two weeks. I received a letter from the Pelman Institute in America. to their courses. I didn’t even open the envelopes. I knew exactly what they were writing to me. They wrote that Chesterton and Ben Lindsey studied at their courses, and now they have a great bright mind, especially Chesterton. I understood: they were hinting. that I too may have a great bright mind, but I did not open the envelopes, but involved my four-year-old niece in the matter. I thought that maybe she would want to attend courses and have the same brains as the sages of this world. I gave the letters to my niece. She took them, sat on the floor and cut them with scissors. How wonderful! The Institute is a great American idea, and my niece cuts up their letters with scissors..." Translation: Aram Ohanian