Quote by Thomas Arnold
Rather than have it the principal thing in my sons mind, I would g

Rather than have it the principal thing in my sons mind, I would gladly have him think that the sun went round the earth, and that the stars were so many spangles set in the bright blue firmament. – Thomas Arnold

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Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for. – Thomas Arnold

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My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make. – Thomas Arnold

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What we must look for here is, firstly, religious and moral principles; secondly, gentlemanly conduct; thirdly, intellectual ability. – Thomas Arnold

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A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation. – Max Gluckman, Politics, Law and Ritual, 1965

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We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity. – Margaret J. Wheatley

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Even in our day, science suspects beyond the Polar seas, at the very circle of the Arctic Pole, the existence of a sea which never freezes and a continent which is ever green. – H. P. Blavatsky

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Today, over half of Chinas undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of Americas undergraduates pursue these schools. – Cathy McMorris

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