Quote#Wisdom
As to the range of University teaching, certainly the very name of…
Quote byJohn Henry Newman · 1801–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Idea of a University (1873), Discourse II, pt. 1.
English (original)
As to the range of University teaching, certainly the very name of University is inconsistent with restrictions of any kind. Whatever was the original reason of the adoption of that term, which is unknown1, I am only putting on it its popular, its recognized sense, when I say that a University should teach universal knowledge.
— John Henry Newman
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