...resident of my community, Mr. Thomas Jefferson, characterized the University of Virginia as follows: ''For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever...error so long as reason is left free to combat it.*' I recommend this philosophy to you, not as the dead words of a dead historical figure, but as a living...

...Thomas Jefferson, characterized the University of Virginia as follows: "For here we are noc afraid co follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free co combat it.'* I recommend this philosophy to you, noc aa the dead words of a dead historical figure,...

...I remember the words on the Jefferson Memorial, when he was speaking at the University of Virginia: "Here we are not afraid to follow truth, wherever it may lead, so long as" — and I'm probably paraphrasing and messing it up, but at any rate, I agree with your...

...Brown University, 1970) 167, 170. 5Ibid., 242. ''Jefferson declared that the University of Virginia "will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow the truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error as long as reason is left free to combat...

...communication rather than close them.* This position is not unlike Thomas Jefferson's when he said, "For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever...nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left to combat it." In fact, I think it would be essential for this subcommittee to carefully examine case...

...communication rather than close them.* This position is not unlike Thomas Jefferson's when he said. Tor here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it...nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left to combat it." In fact, I think it would be essential for this subcommittee to carefully examine case...

...intellectual freedom as the foundation of the modern university. "The University of Virginia," he said, "would be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind....follow truth, wherever it may lead, nor to. tolerate error so long as reason is left free to combat it." Even though Jefferson was unable to implement that...

...political correctness missed the point of Jefferson's own standard: "We are not afraid to follow the truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long reason is left free to combat it." The essays in this volume reflect the critical reassessment that...

...yet received the kind of thoughtful attention its deserves. For in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, "we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error as long as reason is left free to combat it." Trust in Motoring If we accept that we can see that hill...

...below, Chap. VI. which he once referred to as "the hobby of my old age," ™ would be based, he said, "on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For...error so long as reason is left free to combat it." " This university, for which Jefferson worked so many years before it was finally opened in 1825, was...