"We can only instill principles, put the student in the right path, give him method, teach him how to study, and early to discern between essentials and non-essentials."

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“Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature—subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today … The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty.”

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