“Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.”
What I Think (1956), p. 55 http://books.google.com/books?id=3OchAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Men+may+be+born+free+they+cannot+be+born+wise+and+it+is+the+duty+of+the+university+to+make+the+free+wise%22&pg=PA55#v=onepage
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In the whiteness of the lilies he was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that shines out on you and me,
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
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