Quote by Jacques Barzun
The test and the use of mans education is that he finds pleasure i

The test and the use of mans education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. – Jacques Barzun

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Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world. – Jacques Barzun

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Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. – Jacques Barzun

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Music
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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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Theres a need for accepting responsibility – for a persons life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education. – Buzz Aldrin

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Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates – is they just keeping giving back. – Michael N. Castle

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Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration. – Bill Frist

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