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The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for read more
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for the fact that you are the University authorities . . .'
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer read more
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.
Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist
Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent read more
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much read more
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice read more
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony
In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a thing not to be sacrificed read more
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.
