"If the colleges were better, if they ...……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the colleges were better, if they ... had the power of… - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If the colleges were better, if they ... had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which become talents, - if they could cause that a mind not profound should become profound, - we should all rush to their gates: instead of contriving inducements to draw students, you would need to set police at the gates to keep order in the in-rushing multitude."

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