The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.
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Nationality: American Type: Theologian Born: 1809 Death: 1894 |
“Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't.”
“I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.”