A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society.... It is the education which gives a man a clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them, and a force in urging them.


The Idea of a University (1852)


A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society.... It is the...

A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society.... It is the...

A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society.... It is the...

A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society.... It is the...