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...next approached a dignified old Prophezzor whose erudition. I was told, is simply oppressive. "Knowledge is the basis of education" he explained. "Memory is the key to knowledge. My course on the poet Omar is the sine quo non of an education because it develops brain capacity. It is my practice to confront the Satellites with a brief quotation from some obscure poem. I then require them to cite chapter, verse, page and line, and to quote what precedes and follows, omitting every other word. None but the finest memory can do that." It was pitiful to see the four...
...Curtis got the floor. He moved to adjourn sine die. Senator Trammell demanded a 'quorum. Mr. Curtis said a quorum was not necessary. Senator Bingham, who was in the chair, put the motion. There was a loud chorus...
...second problem has been the basis for every attack by the Opposition on the Government since the Matteotti murder (TIME, June 23, et seq.). The Opposition has, at present, no intention of taking its seats in Parliament next Fall. As a sine qua non of its reentry into parliamentary activities, it has demanded the aboliton of the Fascist militia...
...greatly deplored in advance. The main purpose of any university worthy the name is not special training, but the diffusion of a broad, liberal education, and the fostering of an idealistic humanism. Not until everything possible has been done to further the accomplishment of this vital aim the sine qua non of all civilizations which have left their impress on the pages of history can the claims of externals or appendages be considered...
...Adjourned sine...