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A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
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Class
Education
Even
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Liberal Education
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A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered; about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
About
Common
Communication
Community
Exist
Extensive
Facilities
Globe
Ideals
Ideas
Means
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Only
Scattered
Something
Than
Tradition
Understanding
Which
World
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Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Assumes
Continuing
Dialogue
Different
Education
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Points
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Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Amuse
Education
Expert
Horizons
Inflame
Make
Minds
Possible
Reform
Straight
Students
Teach
Technicians
Them
Think
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It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
About
Any
Because
College
College Student
Credit
Expression
He
Important
Important Things
Itches
Monkey
Serious
Seriousness
Student
Things
Wears
Which
Would
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My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Education
Idea
Inflame
Minds
Young
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The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
College
Cover
Graduate
His
Intellectual
Presented
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The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Apathy
Assassination
Death
Democracy
Extinction
Indifference
Likely
Slow
Will
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The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Educate
Education
Lives
Object
Prepare
Themselves
Throughout
Young
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The three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni, and parking for the faculty.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Administrative
Alumni
Athletics
Campus
Faculty
Major
Parking
Problems
Sex
Students
Three
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There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Centers
Criticism
Distinguished
Justification
Must
Only
Schools
Trade
Universities
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This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Anything
Do-It-Yourself
Fault
Got
Know
Paranoia
Test
Think
You
Your
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To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Collect
Decide
Even
Facts
Necessary
Problem
Solve
Think
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We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Been
Books
Comic
Comic Books
Directed
Great
Had
Invention
Light
Only
Printing
Proper
Put
Television
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When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away.
~ Robert M. Hutchins
Away
Down
Exercising
Feel
Feeling
Goes
I Feel
I Feel Like
Just
Lie
Like
Until
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Robert M. Hutchins
Profession
Educator
BirthDate
17 January, 1899
DeathDate
17 May, 1977
Country
United States
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