“Most of all we need an education which will create an educated mind. This is a mind not simply a repository of information and skills, but a mind that is a source of creative skepticism, characterized by a willingness to challenge old assumptions and to be challenged, a spaciousness of outlook, and convictions that are deeply held, but which new facts and new experiences can always modify.” NeedsMindFactsChallengesEducationCreativeInformationSourceSkillsConvictionEducatedAssumptionWillingnessSkepticismOutlookNew ExperiencesSpaciousnessEducated Mind Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
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