Edwin H. Land Quote

I think we must say this to each department: "Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own. They will not have years in which to find out what you meant, years during which they might achieve a sense of rich insight into your domain. But they are intelligent, they are earnest in their own department; they will profit all their lives from one year of brilliant teaching."


Generation of Greatness (1957)


I think we must say this to each department: Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own. They will not have years...

I think we must say this to each department: Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own. They will not have years...

I think we must say this to each department: Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own. They will not have years...

I think we must say this to each department: Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own. They will not have years...