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As children must have the hooping cough, the college youth must pass through the stage of conceit in which he holds in slight esteem the wisdom of the best.
John Lancaster Spalding
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John Lancaster Spalding
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1916
Died: August 25
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He who leaves school, knowing little, but with a longing for knowledge, will go farther than one who quits, knowing many things, but not caring to learn more.
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The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.
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The world is a mirror into which we look, and see our own image.
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The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions.
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Education would be a divine thing, if it did nothing more than help us to think and love great thoughts instead of little thoughts.
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