The Voice of the Scholar: With Other Addresses on the Problems of Higher EducationPaul Elder, 1903 - 280 |
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... true in the sense he meant ; for it is the province of college men to judge intentions and pretenses by ultimate results . When the final end , according to the experi- ence of human wisdom , is sure to be bad , wise men must oppose the ...
... true in the sense he meant ; for it is the province of college men to judge intentions and pretenses by ultimate results . When the final end , according to the experi- ence of human wisdom , is sure to be bad , wise men must oppose the ...
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... true ever in the majority ? " There are not many of those who speak and write on public affairs who really care for what is just . The interest of most men lies in the success of the " cause . " But the " " cause , " what- ever it may ...
... true ever in the majority ? " There are not many of those who speak and write on public affairs who really care for what is just . The interest of most men lies in the success of the " cause . " But the " " cause , " what- ever it may ...
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... true , but even judged by this standard , we must believe that it was an inferior kind of college men who thrust ... true that most college men build up a wall between them- selves and life . If this has been true in any individual case ...
... true , but even judged by this standard , we must believe that it was an inferior kind of college men who thrust ... true that most college men build up a wall between them- selves and life . If this has been true in any individual case ...
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... true , it means that some schools are shams , not giving real education . But it is not by mistakes and misfits that higher education is to be judged . It is by its finished and adapted pro- duct . In every walk in life the higher ...
... true , it means that some schools are shams , not giving real education . But it is not by mistakes and misfits that higher education is to be judged . It is by its finished and adapted pro- duct . In every walk in life the higher ...
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... true Puritan simplicity , he calls ' that finest luxury , to do some perpetual good in the world . ' ' Not long since one of our writers expressed regret at the numbers of young men sent forth each year from the universities to swell ...
... true Puritan simplicity , he calls ' that finest luxury , to do some perpetual good in the world . ' ' Not long since one of our writers expressed regret at the numbers of young men sent forth each year from the universities to swell ...
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