Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

If the colleges were better, if they … had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which become talents, — if they could cause that a mind not profound should become profound, — we should all rush to their gates: instead of contriving inducements to draw students, you would need to set police at the gates to keep order in the in-rushing multitude.


The Celebration of Intellect (1861).


If the colleges were better, if they … had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which ...

If the colleges were better, if they … had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which ...

If the colleges were better, if they … had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which ...

If the colleges were better, if they … had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which ...