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“Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this history should be taught accurately and based on the best scholarship, not ideology or politics.”

Should Courses Students Taught Civilization Majors Ideology Continents Scholarship

Author:Diane Ravitch

“I am firmly opposed to the government entering into any business the major purpose of which is competition with our citizens... for the Federal Government deliberately to go out to build up and expand... a power and manufacturing business is to break down the initiative and enterprise of the American people; it is the destruction of equality of opportunity amongst our people, it is the negation of the ideals upon which our civilization has been based.”

Source: March 4, 1929, to October 1, 1931

“Beauty or beast, the modern skyscraper is a major force with a strong magnetic field. It draws into its physical being all of the factors that propel and characterize modern civilization. The skyscraper is the point where art and the city meet.”

Art Strong Force Cities Modern Fields Civilization Majors Draws Architecture Factors Beast Magnetic Skyscraper Modern Civilization Magnetic Fields

Book:The tall building artistically reconsidered: the search for a skyscraper style

Source: The tall building artistically reconsidered: the search for a skyscraper style

“What was lost in the European cataclysm was not only the Jewish past--the whole life of a civilization--but also a major share ofthe Jewish future.... [ellipsis in source] It was not only the intellect of a people in its prime that was excised, but the treasure of a people in its potential.”

People Whole Past Lost Share Source Civilization Majors Intellect Whole Life Treasure Prime Holocaust

Author:Cynthia Ozick

“The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch?”

Firsts Three Known Civilization Majors Survival Thirds Instance Lunch Phases Inquiry Galaxy Sophistication Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Hitchhikers Guide H2g2

Book:The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe