The other important change which my opinions at this time underwent, was that I, for the first time, gave its proper place, among the prime necessities of human well-being, to the internal culture of the individual. I ceased to attach almost exclusive importance to the ordering of outward circumstances, and the training of the human being for speculation and for action.

Note from KBJ: This paragraph will make more sense to you after you read the next paragraph. Stay tuned. I am in no hurry to get through the Autobiography. I want to stick to my plan of posting only one paragraph at a time, even when, as here, the paragraph is short and cryptic.