The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.

Quote by Richard Hofstadter

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It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism...

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no...

If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a...

I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the...

I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university...

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be...

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil,... that all politicians are mere...

It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil,... that all politicians are mere...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who...

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who...

They wanted a great university without building a great university. They knew a lot about...

They wanted a great university without building a great university. They knew a lot about...

The university's characteristic state may be summarized by the words of the lady who said,...

The university's characteristic state may be summarized by the words of the lady who said,...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...