And this course of study will not change; its methods will grow more deft and effectual, its content richer by toil of scholar and sight of seer; but the true college will ever have one goal,—not to earn meat, but to know the end and aim of that life which meat nourishes.
Du Bois defines the enduring purpose of a true college as seeking fundamental knowledge about life's ultimate meaning, rather than merely providing vocational skills.
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