“What is liberal education,” p. 5
Liberalism Ancient and Modern (1968)
“Aristocracy of the mind … is the only true aristocracy in my opinion. It is the essence, the very life of a well-built society.”
Source: Défense des Lettres [In Defense of Letters] (1937), p. 41
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Original text: [...] si l'on y rencontre moins d'éclat qu'au sein d'une aristocratie, on y trouvera moins de misères; les jouissances y seront moins extrêmes, et le bien-être plus général; les sciences moins grandes, et l'ignorance plus rare; les sentiments moins énergiques, et les habitudes plus douces; on y remarquera plus de vices et moins de crimes.
Introduction.
Democracy in America, Volume I (1835)

Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954)

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”
Source: The Philosophy of Aristotle

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Letter to Jonathan Priestman (26 March 1848) on the Revolutions of 1848, quoted in G. M. Trevelyan, The Life of John Bright (London: Constable, 1913), p. 183.
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Open letter to the Masters of Dublin (1913)