Jacques Barzun's Quote - Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

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Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. – Jacques Barzun

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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on ones share in the worlds work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. – Jacques Barzun

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In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principal. – Jacques Barzun

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Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. – Jacques Barzun

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