Carolina QuotesEducation is, however, an extremely interesting and complex institution provided because society has discovered that, if it is to preserve itself and advance, it must spare the time and the people necessary to provide our young people with an understanding of their heritage. But education doesn't take place within institutions. It takes place only within individuals. It is something we cannot buy. It is something that records in the registrar's office do not measure.
Carl Borgmann Connected to the Carolinas
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"Commencement Address". University of Vermont. June 15, 1958. University of Vermont Alumni Magazine. July 1958. 39 (1): 17.
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