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Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school read more
Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.
Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which read more
Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself
Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the read more
My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the other.
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art read more
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. -Aristotle.
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. read more
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
