A student under my care owes his first allegiance to himself and not to my specialty; and must not be burdened with my work as if he followed no other and had contracted no obligation under heaven but that of satisfying my requirements.


"A Loyalty Oath for Scholars," The American Scholar (Summer 1951)


A student under my care owes his first allegiance to himself and not to my specialty; and must not be burdened with my work as if he followed no...

A student under my care owes his first allegiance to himself and not to my specialty; and must not be burdened with my work as if he followed no...

A student under my care owes his first allegiance to himself and not to my specialty; and must not be burdened with my work as if he followed no...

A student under my care owes his first allegiance to himself and not to my specialty; and must not be burdened with my work as if he followed no...