14. In what ways does isolation (a) promote, (b) impede, originality? What other factors beside isolation are involved in originality?
15. What is the value of privacy?
16. What was the value of the monasteries?
17. What conclusions do you derive from the study of the cases of feral men? Do these cases bear out the theory of Aristotle in regard to the effect of isolation upon the individual?
18. What is the significance of Helen Keller's account of how she broke through the barriers of isolation?
19. What were the mental effects of solitude described by Hudson? How do you explain the difference between the descriptions of the effect of solitude in the accounts given by Rousseau and by Hudson?
20. How does Galpin explain the relation of isolation to the development of the "rural mind"?
21. What are the effects of isolation upon the young man or young woman reared in the country?
22. Was Lincoln the product of isolation or of social contact?
23. To what extent are rural problems the result of isolation?