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If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what t

If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research institute. But it will not be a university in the classical sense of the term, and it would be deceptive to call it one. – Terry Eagleton

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Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around Milton, duck under Blake and collapse gratefully into the arms of Jane Austen, a lot of them will. – Terry Eagleton

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Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. – Christopher Columbus

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While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed. – Mattie Stepanek

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Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. – Arthur Erickson

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History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right. – George H. W. Bush

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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason. – John Henry Cardinal Newman

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The Bible says not to worry so I dont. I just get up in the morning and ask God for help to get through the day. If tomorrow shows up then Ill take the same shot tomorrow. – Paul Henderson

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Love… it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be. – Khalil Gibran

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I think Gods going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding. – Steven Wright

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