William Torrey Harris quotes

Ninety-nine [students] out of a hundred are automata, careful to walk in prescribed paths, careful to follow the prescribed custom. This is not an accident but the result of substantial education, which, scientifically defined, is the subsumption of the individual. (William Torrey Harris)

The great purpose of school can be realized better in dark, airless, ugly places.... It is to master the physical self, to transcend the beauty of nature. School should develop the power to withdraw from the external world.

William Torrey Harris

William Torrey Harris

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Occupation: American Philosopher
Born: September 10, 1835
Died: November 5, 1909
Quotes count: 2
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