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If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.



In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.



Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.



A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth



Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine



Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.



Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.



The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.



When plugged in, the least elaborate computer can be relied on to work to the fullest extent of its capacity. The greatest mind cannot be relied on for the simplest thing; its variability is its superiority.



Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.



Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.



Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice



Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.



Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.








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