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...far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to read more
...far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.
Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts...
Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts...
In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.
In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without read more
There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination.
A people is but the attempt of many
To rise to the completer life of one--
And read more
A people is but the attempt of many
To rise to the completer life of one--
And those who live as models for the mass
Are singly of more value than they all.
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel read more
It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting.
