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NOTHING can better illustrate the collapse of the University as an independent, critical agent in our society than a comparison of the remarks of two observers, separated by one hundred years, on the nature of a university education. In the middle of the -19th century one of its astutest critics noted...

Author: By Richard Lichtman, | Title: A Berkeley Professor decries University complicity: "Neutrality is only conceivable with isolation" | 11/11/1967 | See Source »

...father, Abdul Hamid, was one of the astutest and most brilliant of the 36 rulers of the Turkish House of Osman. Had he been less brilliant, the Young Turks might not have thrown him into prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: While Bathing | 8/3/1925 | See Source »

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