Intellect Is Resented As A Form Of

The Tradition Of The New. Yesterday's Avant-gard-experiment Is Today's Chic And Tomorrow's Cliche.

The Role Of Third Parties Is To Sting Like A Bee, Then Die.

If There Is Anything More Dangerous To The Life Of The Mind Than Having No Independent Commitment To Ideas, It Is Having An Excess Of Commitment To Some Special And Constricting Idea.

Intellect Is Resented As A Form Of Power Or Privilege.

A University's Essential Character Is That Of Being A Center Of Free Inquiry And Criticism - A Thing Not To Be Sacrificed For Anything Else.