The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.
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The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination. — Richard Hofstadter
About Richard Hofstadter
Richard Hofstadter was a Historian from United States (1916–1970).
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This quote is attributed to Richard Hofstadter, a Historian from United States.
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Richard Hofstadter lived from 1916 – 1970.
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