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The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position read more
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.
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
The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . read more
The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.
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.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
Don't let the University get in the way of your education.
Don't let the University get in the way of your education.
