We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.
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To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.Robert M. Hutchins
There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.
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Vegetarianism is harmless enough, although it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness.
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The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness.
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My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
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Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.
Robert M. Hutchins
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