A Quote by Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges.

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

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Both Colleges Destructive Done Ignorance Intellectual Learning Materialism Real Suspicion Work

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Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
American - Writer
1879 - 1944

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Etty Hillesum

The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.

William Kingdon Clifford

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Charles F. Haanel

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