A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers man an end in himself and not an instrument whereby something is to be wrought. Its ideal is human perfection.
John Lancaster SpaldingBe suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends.
John Lancaster SpaldingIf there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.
John Lancaster Spalding