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One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education.

— Jane Jacobs Dark Age Ahead (2004)

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Writing, printing, and the Internet give a false sense of security about the permanence of culture.

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To science, not even the bark of a tree or a drop of pond water is dull or a handful of dirt banal. They all arouse awe and wonder.

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Redundancy is expensive but indispensable.

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Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances.

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Subsidiarity is the principle that government works best — most responsibly and responsively — when it is closest to the people it serves and the needs it addresses.

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