He Who Enters A University Walks On

Therefore, A Grotesque Account Of A Period Some Thousands Of Years Ago Is Taken Seriously Though It Be Built By Piling Special Assumptions On Special Assumptions, Ad Hoc Hypothesis [invented For A Purpose] On Ad Hoc Hypothesis, And Tearing Apart The Fabric Of Science Whenever It Appears Convenient. The Result Is A Fantasia Which Is Neither History Nor Science.

... Scientific Research Is Compounded Of ... Empirical Procedures, General Speculative Ideas, And Mathematical Or Abstract Reasoning.

The Dignity Of Man Is Vindicated As Much By The Thinker And Poet As By The Statesman And Soldier.

Some Of Mankind's Most Terrible Misdeeds Have Been Committed Under The Spell Of Certain Magic Words Or Phrases.

Public Education Is A Great Instrument Of Social Change. Through It, If We So Desire, We Can Make Our Country More Nearly A Democracy Without Classes. To Do So Will Require The Efforts Of Us All-teachers, Administrators, Taxpayers And Statesmen. Education Is A Social Process, Perhaps The Most Important Process In Determining The Future Of Our Country; It Should Command A Far Larger Portion Of Our National Income Than It Does Today.