Favorite Quotes

[Vexari]

Consider [the pedagogue] in his highest incarnation..

The university professor..

What is his function?

Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls a body of so~called knowledge that is fragmentary, unimportant, and, in large part, untrue..

His whole professional activity is circumscribed by the prejudices, vanities and avarices of his university trustees, i.e., a committee of soap-boilers, nail manufacturers, bank~directors and politicians..

The moment he offends these vermin he is undone. He cannot so much as think aloud without running a risk of having them fan his pantaloons..

~ H.L.Mencken ~