“I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that.” WritingWarCollegeBattleOffersMajorsCivil WarGettysburg Author:Jerry Spinelli
“To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.” MenMindReasonTeachingModernCollegeBattleSurvivalHighestTestsPreservesEnduranceStakesWorth ItCollege Education Book:The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution Source: The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
“In many cases students are never exposed to competing ideas within their families, churches, or Christian schools, and as a result they go out into the world unprepared for the intellectual battles they are about to encounter, especially on secular college campuses.” WorldIdeasSchoolChristianChurchResultsCasesStudentsCollegeBattleIntellectualEncountersExposedSecularCompetingCampusUnpreparedCollege CampusChristian Schools Author:Nancy Pearcey
“Louis Brandeis beloved uncle, Lewis Dembitz, was an ardent abolitionist. His mother was an abolitionist in Kentucky at a time when Brandeis remembered hearing the shot from the confederate soldiers after the second battle of Bull Run. Amazing to think that he heard that and I studied with one of his last law clerks in college. And that encapsulates almost all of American history.” ThinkingRunningLastsLawMotherHeardCollegeBattleShotsSoldierHearingRememberedBelovedAmerican HistoryUnclesBullsArdentClerksKentuckyConfederateAbolitionistLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen