1705042874 I have taken so much of your time this morning that an apology seems due for the things I have omitted to mention. I have said nothing of the organization of the college, nothing of the social life of the students, nothing of the relations with the alumni, nothing of the needs and qualifications of the teachers, and, even within the consideration of the course of study, nothing of the value of specialization or of the disciplinary subjects or of the training of language and expression. And I have put these aside deliberately, for the sake of a cause which is greater than any of them—a cause which lies at the very heart of the liberal college. It is the cause of making clear to the American people the mission of the teacher, of convincing them of the value of knowledge:not the specialized knowledge which contributes to immediate practical aims, but the unified understanding which is Insight.

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1705042876 Notes

1705042877

1705042878 undergraduates, a student at a college or university who has not taken his first degree.

1705042879

1705042880 Samson, an Israelite distinguished for his great strength.

1705042881

1705042882 rules of thumb, any rude process of measuring judgment and practical experience against scientific knowledge.

1705042883

1705042884 nullify, annul or render void; to make without force.

1705042885

1705042886 sheer, pure.

1705042887

1705042888 zeal, eager attention and active interest.

1705042889

1705042890 avowedly, admitted openly.

1705042891

1705042892 contradictoriness, denial.

1705042893

1705042894 F. H. Bradley, English philosopher （1846-1924）.

1705042895

1705042896 scoff, to show scorn or contempt.

1705042897

1705042898 Nero （37-68）, the Roman emperor, who, to please his mistress, set fire to the city of Rome. While the fire was raging, he played on his fiddle.

1705042899

1705042900 ideational, a type of mind which conceives or entertains ideas.

1705042901

1705042902 validity, soundness.

1705042903

1705042904 fallacies, unsound methods of thought.

1705042905

1705042906 league, an alliance for mutual interests.

1705042907

1705042908 befog, to make unclear.

1705042909

1705042910 ipse dixit, he himself said it.

1705042911

1705042912 wholly, entirely.

1705042913

1705042914 hesitancy, uncertainty.

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1705042916 Sanskrit, the ancient Aryan language of the Hindus.

1705042917

1705042918 agnosticism, the doctrine which denies that man possesses any knowledge of the ultimate nature of things.

1705042919

1705042920 intellectual bankruptcy, the breakdown of the intellect.

1705042921

1705042922 welded, united together.

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