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Virginia Gildersleeve Biography

Nationality: American
Type: Celebrity

Born: October 3, 1877
Death: July 7, 1965

Virginia Gildersleeve Quotes #1

The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things education must try to produce.

Virginia Gildersleeve

Tags: Education , Future ,

Virginia Gildersleeve Quotes #2

I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society.

Virginia Gildersleeve

Tags: Life , Good , Truth ,

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