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Characteristic Quotes by Abraham Flexner
- We feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of any conditions as…
- Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be…
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- There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American. — Mark Twain
- I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest… — Bertrand Russell
- The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. — Gaston Bachelard
- The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
- It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic. — Emma Bonino
- If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness. — Albert Bandura
- Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by… — Emile Durkheim