Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application
ABRAHAM FLEXNERAny suspicion of utility would have restricted his restless curiosity. In the end, utility resulted, but it was never a criterion to which his ceaseless experimentation could be subjected.
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The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been accumulated by all our endowed institutions of learning in their entire history.
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The spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them.
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We feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of any conditions .
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The student is to collect and evaluate facts. The facts are locked up in the patient.
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No nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
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Any suspicion of utility would have restricted his restless curiosity. In the end, utility resulted, but it was never a criterion to which his ceaseless experimentation could be subjected.
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The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings.
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Which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.
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As far as he cared, the question of utility was never raised.
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The more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest
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We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.
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Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking .
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The world in which we live is the only world about which our senses can testify.
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Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education.
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We 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
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