The school is a political prize of the highest importance. It cannot be deprived of its political character as long as it remains a public and compulsory institution.

No matter how efficient school training may be, it would only produce stagnation, orthodoxy, and rigid pedantry if there were no uncommon men pushing forward beyond the wisdom of their tutors.

Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace.

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.