"A college should feel alarmed rather than pleased……" — George Boas
"A college should feel alarmed rather than pleased if it graduates nothing but good citizens. For when the body politic is composed of nothing but submissive individuals, half of its health and all of its vigor have disappeared."
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George Boas
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