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"Individual ambition is undoubtedly a strong motive in student work, but there is such a thing among students everywhere as ambition for others, call it class spirit, esprit de corps, good fellowship, or good will to men."

"Individual ambition is undoubtedly a strong motive in student work, but there is such a thing among students everywhere as ambition for others, call it class spirit, esprit de corps, good fellowship, or good will to men."

Herbert Baxter Adams, American Educator

Man, Men, Work, Ambition, Class

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"Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance of conformity on all its many fronts."

"Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance of conformity on all its many fronts."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Nature, Power, Culture, Future

7

"I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates."

"I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates."

Juan Cole, American Educator

7

"I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly across all income brackets."

"I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly across all income brackets."

Charles Vest, American Educator

Finance, Financial, Income, Interest

7

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers."

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers."

Charles W. Eliot, American Educator

Friendship, Books, Friends, Teachers

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"The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else."

"The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Education, Goal, Burden, Conviction

7

"While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character as gentlemen, there are others who acknowledge no law, human or divine, but the law of Scotland."

"While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character as gentlemen, there are others who acknowledge no law, human or divine, but the law of Scotland."

George Combe, American Educator

Morality, Character, Gentlemen, Law

7

"No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination."

"No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination."

Anne Sullivan Macy, American Educator

Experience, Imagination, Thought, Knowledge

7

"The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered such simple means of relieving the tedium of a long discourse."

"The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered such simple means of relieving the tedium of a long discourse."

George Combe, American Educator

Success, Evening, Practice

7

"The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around."

"The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Journalism, Leaders

7

"Since 1985 our [American's] consumption of all added sugars- cane, beet, HFCS, glucose, honey, maple syrup, whatever- has climbed from 128 pounds to 159 pounds per person."

"Since 1985 our [American's] consumption of all added sugars- cane, beet, HFCS, glucose, honey, maple syrup, whatever- has climbed from 128 pounds to 159 pounds per person."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Health, Consumption, Diet, Statistics, Observation

7

"There are some forty-five thousand items in the average American supermarket and more than a quarter of them now contain corn."

"There are some forty-five thousand items in the average American supermarket and more than a quarter of them now contain corn."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Awareness, Food, Health, Knowledge

7

"A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart."

"A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart."

Harold W. Dodds, American Educator

7

"If you go out to dinner with someone, you find out what they prefer in food. We ought to be able to have a conversation to find out what people prefer when it comes to sex."

"If you go out to dinner with someone, you find out what they prefer in food. We ought to be able to have a conversation to find out what people prefer when it comes to sex."

Betty Dodson, American Educator

Food, Sex, People, Conversation

7

"Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems."

"Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Work, Children, Problems, School

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"This for many people is what is most offensive about hunting-to some, disgusting: that it encourages, or allows, us not only to kill but to take a certain pleasure in killing. It's not as though the rest of us don't countenance the killing of tens of millions of animals every year. Yet for some reason we feel more comfortable with the mechanical killing practiced, out of view and without emotion by industrial agriculture."

"This for many people is what is most offensive about hunting-to some, disgusting: that it encourages, or allows, us not only to kill but to take a certain pleasure in killing. It's not as though the rest of us don't countenance the killing of tens of millions of animals every year. Yet for some reason we feel more comfortable with the mechanical killing practiced, out of view and without emotion by industrial agriculture."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Ethics, Hunting, Morality, Observation, Violence

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"In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making."

"In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making."

Carol P. Christ, American Educator

Woman, Women, Agriculture, Discovery, Europe

7

"To the extent we push meat a little bit to the side and move vegetables to the center of our diet, we're also going to be a lot healthier."

"To the extent we push meat a little bit to the side and move vegetables to the center of our diet, we're also going to be a lot healthier."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Health, Life, Truth, Wisdom

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"At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me."

"At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me."

Carol P. Christ, American Educator

Identity, First, Interest

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"I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs."

"I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Society, Thought

6

"A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule."

"A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

6

"Partisan politics has no place in the classroom."

"Partisan politics has no place in the classroom."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Politics, Classroom

6

"The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education."

"The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education."

Barnaby C. Keeney, American Educator

Education, College, Students, Years

6

"In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn."

"In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Food, Fossilfuel, Pollution, Zone

6

"But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power."

"But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Power, Morality

6

"From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor, and that therefore, in its best analysis there could be no natural conflict between capital and labor."

"From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor, and that therefore, in its best analysis there could be no natural conflict between capital and labor."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Science, Acquaintance, Conflict, Economy

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"Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody."

"Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Science, Knowledge

6

"The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions."

"The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Age, Aspirations, Tension

6

"Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children."

"Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Family, Children, Rights

6

"I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research."

"I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Government, People, Argument, Balance

6

"Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is."

"Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Nature, Knowledge, Decision, March

6

"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community."

"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Man, Men, People, Belief, Community

6

"The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black."

"The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black."

James Baldwin, American Educator

6

"From the building of the temple of Solomon, which is also treated as a leading epoch in chronology, a new period in the history of worship is accordingly dated, - and to a certain extent with justice."

"From the building of the temple of Solomon, which is also treated as a leading epoch in chronology, a new period in the history of worship is accordingly dated, - and to a certain extent with justice."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

History, Temple, Building, Justice

6

"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."

"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Fact, Plants, Variety

6

"Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty."

"Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Time, People, Conflict, Interest

6

"A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts."

"A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Christian, Evil, Public, United

6

"At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind."

"At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

6

"I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive."

"I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Education, Now, Schools, Today

6

"The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life."

"The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Life, Idea, Goal, Excellence

6

"Americans today spend less on food, as a percentage of disposable income (10%), than any other industrialized nation... meaning that we could afford to spend more on food if we chose to."

"Americans today spend less on food, as a percentage of disposable income (10%), than any other industrialized nation... meaning that we could afford to spend more on food if we chose to."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Economy, Food, Economics, Choice, Life

6

"Try as we might, each of us can eat only about 1500 pounds of food a year. What this means for the food industry is that its natural rate of growth is somewhere around 1% every year (growth of American population)."

"Try as we might, each of us can eat only about 1500 pounds of food a year. What this means for the food industry is that its natural rate of growth is somewhere around 1% every year (growth of American population)."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Health, Food, Consumption, Industry, Limitation

6

"Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it."

"Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Education, Society, Morals, Want

6

"In our dreams we are always young."

"In our dreams we are always young."

Sarah Louise Delany, American Educator

6

"Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you."

"Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

6

"It seems that by the time the singular beauty of a flower in bloom can no longer pierce the veil of black or obsessive thoughts in a person's mind, that mind's connection to the sensual world has grown dangerously frayed."

"It seems that by the time the singular beauty of a flower in bloom can no longer pierce the veil of black or obsessive thoughts in a person's mind, that mind's connection to the sensual world has grown dangerously frayed."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Reflection, Beauty, Perception, Mind, Observation

6

"I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of some youth is more easily brought into action this way, than by the more sordid gratification of self-interest."

"I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of some youth is more easily brought into action this way, than by the more sordid gratification of self-interest."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Genius, Action, Conviction, Merit

6

"It is very much in the interest of the food industry to exacerbate our anxieties about what to eat, the better to then assuage them with new products."

"It is very much in the interest of the food industry to exacerbate our anxieties about what to eat, the better to then assuage them with new products."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Society, Industry, Anxiety, Marketing, Influence

6

"The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around."

"The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around."

Johnnetta Betsch Cole, American Educator

Men, Women, Myth, Rap

6

"For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late."

"For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late."

Anne Edwards, Australian Educator

Home, Winning, Battle, State

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