WIST Quotations

Martin, Everett Dean -- “Our Invisible Masters,” Forum, vol. 81 (1929)

Dave — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:27:22 +0000

The educator tries to tell people how to think; the propagandist what to think. The educator strives to develop individual responsibility; the propagandist, mass effects. … The educator fails unless he achieves an open mind; the propagandist, unless he achieves a closed mind.

Everett Dean Martin (1880-1941) American educator, minister, writer, lecturer
“Our Invisible Masters,” Forum, vol. 81 (1929)

Martin, Everett Dean -- Liberty (1930)

Dave — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:38:34 +0000

Tolerance is a better guarantee of freedom than brotherly love; for a man may love his brother so much he feels himself thereby appointed his brother’s keeper.

Everett Dean Martin (1880-1941) American educator, minister, writer, lecturer
Liberty (1930)
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Martin, Everett Dean -- The Meaning of a Liberal Education, Preface (1926)

Dave — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:11:08 +0000

Education is more than information, or skill, or propaganda. In each age education must take into account the conditions of that age. But the educated mind is not a mere creature of its own time. Education is emancipation from herd opinion, self-mastery, capacity for self-criticism, suspended judgment, and urbanity.

Everett Dean Martin (1880-1941) American educator, minister, writer, lecturer
The Meaning of a Liberal Education, Preface (1926)
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