As to personnel other than those designed to promote the objects for which this institution is established, and particularly with no regard whatever to accidents of race, creed, or sex
ABRAHAM FLEXNERAs to personnel other than those designed to promote the objects for which this institution is established, and particularly with no regard whatever to accidents of race, creed, or sex
ABRAHAM FLEXNERAs far as he cared, the question of utility was never raised.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERThe more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest
ABRAHAM FLEXNERThe real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERWe must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied; they are, if sound
ABRAHAM FLEXNERNo nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERWe must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERWe feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of any conditions .
ABRAHAM FLEXNERMedical education is not just a program for building knowledge and skills in its recipients… it is also an experience which creates attitudes and expectations.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERHe was absorbed in disentangling the riddles of the universe, at first chemical riddles, in later periods, physical riddles.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERNations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERInstitutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application
ABRAHAM FLEXNERCuriosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking .
ABRAHAM FLEXNERThere are men who teach best by not teaching at all.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERUnintelligence could go no further! … In Great Britain, the situation is similar. … Until the figures are reversed, … nations deceive themselves as to what they care about most.
ABRAHAM FLEXNERThe spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them.
ABRAHAM FLEXNER