http:\/\/humanities.byu.edu<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yesterday, as I was waiting for somebody, I contemplated it on a poster:<\/p>\n
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Think Clearly * Act Well * Appreciate Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
And it occurred to me that it\u2019s a pretty decent summary of the aims of a good education and of what ought to be the goals of a good and serious person. \u00a0Really quite good indeed.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cEducation is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world\u2019s work, and the power to appreciate life.\u201d Brigham Young \u00a0 This simple quotation has been adopted, for the moment at least, as something of a motto for my college, the College of Humanities, here at Brigham Young University. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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