"The antithesis between a technical and a liberal education is fallacious. There can be no adequate technical education which is not liberal and no li...

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A student should not be taught more than he can think about.
More Alfred North Whitehead quotes
"The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole...
"Education with inert ideas is not only useless it is above all things harmful.
"In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed.
"Get your knowledge quickly and then use it. If you can use it you will retain it.
"The solution which I am urging is to eradicate the fatal disconnection of subjects which kills the vitality of our modern curriculum. There is only on...