Vincent Massey: University

Vincent Massey was Governor General of Canada. Explore interesting quotes on university.

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“It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.”

Address on the occasion of the Centenary of Trinity College, Toronto, Ontario, April 17, 1952
Speaking Of Canada - (1959)

“It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting government money because they are doing things that government wants done. How great a peril is this in a democracy?”

Address at the Congress of the Association of the Universities of the British Commonwealth, Montreal, September 1, 1958
Speaking Of Canada - (1959)

“Rational comprehension of the universe is not enough. We must call to our aid not merely reason, but the vision and the spiritual insight of the ages. These things we must seek.”

Address at the Convocation of the University of Manitoba, October 28, 1952
Speaking Of Canada - (1959)