"[About the demand of the Board of Regents……" — Joel Henry Hildebrand
"[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 65 days.] No conceivable damage to the university at the hands of hypothetical Communists among us could possibly have equaled the damage resulting from the unrest, ill-will and suspicion engendered by this series of events."
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12 Quotes by Joel Henry Hildebrand
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The members of the department became like the Athenians who, according to the Apostle Paul, "spent their time in nothing…
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How fortunate for civilization, that Beethoven, Michelangelo, Galileo and Faraday were not required by law to attend schools where their…
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Instead of adjusting students to docile membership in whatever group they happen to be placed, we should equip them to…
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[I shall not] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There…
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The invention of IQ did a great disservice to creativity in education. ... Individuality, personality, originality, are too precious to…
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[When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people.…
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The men who have had the most to give to their fellow men are those who have enriched their minds…
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Very few people do anything creative after the age of thirty-five. The reason is that very few people do anything…
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The best person able to appraise promise as a mathematician is a gifted teacher, and not a professional tester.
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