In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what...

A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best,...

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best,...

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a...

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a...

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them...

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not...

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not...

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid...

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid...

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of...

The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of...

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...