I am not willing that this discussion should close without any mention of the value of a true teacher. Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench, Mark Hopkins [president of Williams College] on one end and I on the other, and you may have all the buildings, apparatus and libraries without him.


address to Williams College Alumni, New York, 28 December 1871

James A. Garfield Quotes

I am not willing that this discussion should close without any mention of the value of a true teacher. Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench,...

I am not willing that this discussion should close without any mention of the value of a true teacher. Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench,...

I am not willing that this discussion should close without any mention of the value of a true teacher. Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench,...

I am not willing that this discussion should close without any mention of the value of a true teacher. Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench,...