Brilliant - and timely. Hadn't come across Cory; but I like Cardinal Newman "a cultivated intellect brings a power and a grace to every work it undertakes"; also an excellent refutation of the reductive pursuit of immediate "utility" as the purpose of education.
Re your student: you clearly provided an environment conducive to excellence flourishing: educere, in fact, so job done.
The "shadow of lost knowledge" is perfect (and it certainly worked for Bertie Wooster...)
I wonder how many schools, and indeed universities, would today satisfy Cory’s definition of greatness? How many recent Secretaries of State for Education would agree?
A great quotation from a schoolmaster of whom I had never heard; I have taken a screenshot for future reference and sharing!
Brilliant - and timely. Hadn't come across Cory; but I like Cardinal Newman "a cultivated intellect brings a power and a grace to every work it undertakes"; also an excellent refutation of the reductive pursuit of immediate "utility" as the purpose of education.
Re your student: you clearly provided an environment conducive to excellence flourishing: educere, in fact, so job done.
The "shadow of lost knowledge" is perfect (and it certainly worked for Bertie Wooster...)
I wonder how many schools, and indeed universities, would today satisfy Cory’s definition of greatness? How many recent Secretaries of State for Education would agree?
A great quotation from a schoolmaster of whom I had never heard; I have taken a screenshot for future reference and sharing!
True, true, true. Great quotes!