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Education is training in wisdom and virtue, and the exercise of these is freedom.

— Everett Dean Martin The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

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The crowd is a social phenomenon only in the sense that it affects a number of persons at the same time.

The Behavior of Crowds (1920)

Is learning a venture in spiritual freedom that is humanism, or is it a routine process of animal training?

The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

Common men cherish their naive faiths and ask no questions.

The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

Standardization develops a kind of mass mind, which in mature years renders men very susceptible to crowd appeal.

The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

Seek education for yourself and it is the search for the good life. From ancient times men have sought knowledge that they might become better judges of good and evil.

The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

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