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Individual ambition is undoubtedly a strong motive in student work, but there is such a thing among students everywhere as ambition for others, call it class spirit, esprit de corps, good fellowship, or good will to men.
If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom.
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