Precious

What is prized, what is praised ...

They [disciplines in the humanities and social sciences] are indeed precious heritages. [...] Like all responsible renovators, we should first check the foundations. Furthermore, we should realize that something of this challenge should (and if we have the wisdom to encourage it, will) come from our students, who are at the end of the day our most precious and enduring heritage.

From Ted Chamberlin "Tradition and renovation" University of Toronto Bulletin, January 21, 1991.


And so for day 196
28.06.2007