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I am reminded of the professor who in his declining hours was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, Verify your quotations.
Winston Churchill The Second World War · 1948-1953

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“I am reminded of the professor who in his declining hours was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, Verify your quotations.”

Winston Churchill · The Second World War, 1948-1953 · Primary source

“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · The American Scholar, 1837 · Primary source

“Striving for perfection is ultimately the only justification for the academic enterprise; if you don’t feel comfortable with this goal—e.g. because you think it too presumptuous—, stay out!”

Edsger Dijkstra · Advice to a Young Scientist, c. 1989 · Primary source

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Scholarship

3 authors · 3 works · 6 themes · 14 tags
Authors
Winston Churchill British prime ministerRalph Waldo Emerson American essayist and philosopherEdsger Dijkstra Dutch computer scientist
Works
The Second World War Winston Churchill · 1948-1953The American Scholar Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1837Advice to a Young Scientist Edsger Dijkstra · c. 1989
Themes
Verification before assertionAccuracy in scholarshipIntellectual independence
Tags
Fact-checkingQuotation accuracySource verificationHistorical research
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