FDR: “The purpose of education... was not to train specialists, but to…”

On the recordOctober 19, 1934

The purpose of education... was not to train specialists, but to educate men broadly.

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Democratic · New York

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Address at the College William and Mary upon Receiving an Honorary Degree

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