Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good, but never assume to comprehend.
John AdamsRead
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Interpretation
The pursuit of knowledge in peaceful fields relies on sacrifices made in the realm of politics and conflict.
This quote by John Adams emphasizes the importance of understanding the harsh realities of politics and war to secure a future where subsequent generations can engage in the peaceful and intellectual pursuits of subjects like mathematics and philosophy. It highlights the sacrifices necessary to achieve a society where freedom and intellectual growth can flourish.
In practice
In a school debate about the importance of history education, this quote can illustrate the need for understanding our past.
Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good, but never assume to comprehend.
Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.
Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals.
Kids all want to look cool, as if knowledge is a great burden, but they're always looking around. They remember.
To read in bed is to draw around us invisible, noiseless curtains. Then at last we are in a room of our own and are ready to burrow back, back to that private life of the imagination we all led as a child and to whose secret satisfactions so many of us have mislaid the key.
The imagination is an innate gift, but it needs refinement and cultivation; this is what the humanities provide.
I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.
It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
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