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The practical end of a university course is training good members of society
Drawn from what John Henry Newman said
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- John Henry Newman English theologian and cardinal (1801 to 1890)
If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society. Its art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world.
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↗The Idea of a University, Part I: University Teaching (Discourses, 1852)gutenberg.org
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