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> [The best person able to appraise promise as a mathematician is a gifted teacher, and not a professional tester.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/the-best-person-able-to-appraise-promise-as-a-mathematician-is-a/)

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## More by Joel Henry Hildebrand

> [We must protect each other against the attacks of those self-appointed watchdogs of patriotism now abroad in the land who irresponsibly pin red labels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/we-must-protect-each-other-against-the-attacks-of-those-self/)

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> [How fortunate for civilization, that Beethoven, Michelangelo, Galileo and Faraday were not required by law to attend schools where their total personalities would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/how-fortunate-for-civilization-that-beethoven-michelangelo-galileo/)

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> [That there is no such thing as the scientific method, one might easily discover by asking several scientists to define it. One would find,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-the-scientific-method-one-might-easily/)

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> [\[About the demand of the Board of Regents of the University of California that professors sign non-Communist loyalty oaths or lose their jobs within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/about-the-demand-of-the-board-of-regents-of-the-university-of/)

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> [ \[When questioned on his longevity\] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as a chemist,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/when-questioned-on-his-longevity-first-of-all-i-selected-my-ancestors/)

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> [ \[I shall not\] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There are no rules, only… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/i-shall-not-discuss-scientific-method-but-rather-the-methods-of/)

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> [Instead of adjusting students to docile membership in whatever group they happen to be placed, we should equip them to cope with their environment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/instead-of-adjusting-students-to-docile-membership-in-whatever-group/)

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> [The invention of IQ did a great disservice to creativity in education. ... Individuality, personality, originality, are too precious to be meddled with by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/the-invention-of-iq-did-a-great-disservice-to-creativity-in-education/)

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> [The members of the department became like the Athenians who, according to the Apostle Paul, "spent their time in nothing else, but either to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/the-members-of-the-department-became-like-the-athenians-who-according/)

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> [The best person able to appraise promise as a mathematician is a gifted teacher, and not a professional tester.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/the-best-person-able-to-appraise-promise-as-a-mathematician-is-a/)

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> [Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/anyone-who-thinks-we-can-continue-to-have-world-wars-but-make-them/)

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> [A child of the new generation Refused to learn multiplication. He said 'Don't conclude That I'm stupid or rude; I am simply without motivation.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-henry-hildebrand/a-child-of-the-new-generation-refused-to-learn-multiplication-he-said/)

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