R. H. Tawney

"Even before 1918 we had traveled far from the doctrine of 1870, that "elementary" education was the education of a special class which would obtain no other — what the Committee of Council called in 1…"

"Defined by its purpose, its main aim is not to impart the specialized technique of any particular trade or profession, but to develop the faculties which, because they are the attribute of man, are no…"

"Mankind may wring her secrets from nature, and use their knowledge to destroy themselves."

"Those who have hitherto governed the nation, believing, and believing with justice, that ignorance and docility go hand in hand, have taken care to ration the education of the workers in doses small e…"

"The organization of education on lines of class, which, though qualified in the last twenty years, has characterized the English system of public education since its very inception, has been at once a…"

"England has not yet imitated the example set by America and by most of the British Dominions in making public secondary education free."

"Too often, contemning the external order as unspiritual, has made it, and ultimately himself, less spiritual by reason of his contempt."

"Its desire is that what is weak in the higher education of the country should be strengthened, and that what is already excellent should be made accessible to all."