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There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation read more
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war read more
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., read more
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve
possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]
We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.
We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.
A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.
A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.
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.
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to read more
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.
