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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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...

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...

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...

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...

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we...

But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we...

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training...

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training...

God is the Seed;The Universe is the Tree, Impulses and passions are the branches, Intelligence...

God is the Seed;The Universe is the Tree, Impulses and passions are the branches, Intelligence...

I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear - Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round...

I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear - Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round...

The 9-11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of...

The 9-11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything...

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything...

We are fortunate to have inherited an institution which we certainly should never have had...

We are fortunate to have inherited an institution which we certainly should never have had...

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to...

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to...

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.