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    Can anybody help me find this quote?

    I remember reading this saying about universities when I was young, but can't recollect the exact quote for the life of me. It is along the lines of "The purpose of any university is to produce gentlemen".
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    No no, I won't indulge your superiority complex... But if you'd like to tell me something you're passionate about, I'd love the chance to belittle it.

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    Re: Can anybody help me find this quote?

    nvm, found it myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackOtaku View Post
    No no, I won't indulge your superiority complex... But if you'd like to tell me something you're passionate about, I'd love the chance to belittle it.

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    Re: Can anybody help me find this quote?

    Could this be John Henry Newman, who wrote:

    ...an academical system, formed upon my model, will result in nothing better or higher than in the production of that antiquated variety of human nature and remnant of feudalism, as they consider it, called "a gentleman".

    If it is, go to http://www.newmanreader.org/works/idea/.

    Good Luck!

    << OK, you beat me to it
    Last edited by texpat; July 14th, 2010 at 10:58 AM. Reason: Too late.

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    Re: Can anybody help me find this quote?

    Any help ...
    "Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
    Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732"

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