 | Christopher J. Lucas - Education - 1998 - 312 pages
...chiefly by Yale President Jeremiah Day, the argument was advanced that "the two great points to be gained in intellectual culture, are the discipline and the furniture of the mind, expanding its powers, and storing it with knowledge." In response to the question as to why each student... | |
 | James L. Morrison - History - 1998 - 278 pages
...the fixed curriculum, and the role of the college in loco parentis: The two great points to be gained in intellectual culture are the discipline and the furniture of the mind; expanding its powers, and storing it with knowledge. The former of these is, perhaps, the more important... | |
 | Steven Koblik, Stephen Richards Graubard - Education - 338 pages
..."impractical" course of study. The heart of the document declared: The two great points to be gained in intellectual culture, are the discipline and the furniture of the mind; expanding its powers, and storing it with knowledge. The former of these is, perhaps, the more important... | |
 | Caroline Winterer - Education - 2002 - 274 pages
...physical powers. Day encapsulated this process in his assertion that "the two great points to be gained in intellectual culture are the discipline and the furniture of the mind; expanding its powers, and storing it with knowledge."18 Though significant in itself, Day's portion... | |
 | Clifford Mayes - Education - 2003 - 212 pages
...and lift the student above the confines of merely local experience: The two great points to be gained in intellectual culture are the discipline and the furniture of the mind; expanding its powers, and storing it with knowledge. The former of these is, perhaps, the most important... | |
| |
The two great points to be gained in intellectual culture, are the discipline and the furniture of the mind; expanding its powers, and storing it with knowledge. The former of these is, perhaps, the more important of the two. 