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...educational systems are made for men in general, not for mediocre men merely, but certainly not for prodigies or exceptional cases of any kind." The Harvard man nowadays must steer between two dangers: that of becoming a narrow specialist and that of being a "dilletante," a literary or scientific "dabbler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Elective System. | 2/16/1886 | See Source »

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