Quote#Wisdom
There is this great danger in student life. Now, we rest all upon…
Quote byMaria Mitchell · 1818–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters and Journals (illustrated) by Maria Mitchell, 1896, p. 188..
English (original)
There is this great danger in student life. Now, we rest all upon what Socrates said, or what Copernicus taught; how can we dispute authority which has come down to us, all established, for ages? We must at least question it; we cannot accept anything as granted, beyond the first mathematical formulae. Question everything else.
— Maria Mitchell
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