To give you a flavour, here he is on politeness: "Taken on its own, it is secondary, negligible, nearly insignificant; next to virtue or intelligence it is nothing, and that is what politeness, with its exquisite reticence, must know how to express as well.
First, it is secondary in that its basic materials, the alphabets or other similar notational systems with which it works, are not of its own invention.
Physicians commonly ignore hypothermia, an often-underappreciated event associated with mortality in trauma patients, in general due to its prevalence and belief that it is secondary to the injury itself (secondary hypothermia).
Although the setting for such pictures is always natural landscape, it is secondary to the man, and its true function is to mirror him as the humanistic ideal of the recluse-scholar.
But it is secondary to impact.
It is secondary to Rio but it's also getting the right psychology".
But though art inspired them, it is secondary to the message.
For years, performers in England had looked with envy at Scotland, where no licence is required for public performance, provided that it is secondary to the main business.
Design and technology is struggling to shake off a dreary image and is lumbered with a perception that it is secondary to so-called academic subjects.
On the other hand, Māori – who, like the kānaka maoli, are Polynesian – are categorically considered indigenous in New Zealand – race is sometimes a proxy, but it is secondary.
Complaining about ballpark food is the same as complaining about airline food — it is secondary to the real reason for partaking in the event.
