

“Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.”
Traced to LIFE magazine (1955).
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“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.”
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The New York Times · 1921
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Science and Religion · 1941
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The World As I See It · 1949
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Letter to Barbara Lee Wilson · 1943
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The New York Times · 1932
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Death of a Genius, LIFE magazine · 1955
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