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“In time of trouble, I had been trained since childhood, read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information was control.”
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“In despotic governments, the people should have little or no education, except what tends to inspire them with a servile fear. Information is fatal to despotism.”
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“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”
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“Let us then suppose that every art is capable of improvement, and let the people of America try the strength of their own genius.”
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“If an idea has merit, one person can change the course of his or her family, the community, state, country, or the world.”
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Congratulations to Members Danielle Allen (APS 2015), Sylvester James Gates, Jr. (APS 2012), and Anthony Grafton (APS 1993), awardees of the 2025 Barry Prize from the American Academy of Sciences & Letters!
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"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world."
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“A Person who knows he is endowed with Reason, will not be contented to take his knowledge intirely [sic] from second Hand.” Robert Strettell Jones (APS 1768)
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"Dinner with Ben Franklin: The Origins of the American Philosophical Society"
This week's Meeting Monday features former APS President Linda Greenhouse's talk about the APS's early days and influence.
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"Hatreds are superficial...If people can, by educational processes, mutually arrive at greater understanding and sympathy, these hatreds will in large measure be dissipated." Ralph Bunche (APS 1950)
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“Nobody is capable of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to be learned and worked at.” Northrup Frye (APS 1976)
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"Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.” Marie Curie (APS 1910)
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"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge…is the only guardian of true liberty." James Madison (APS 1785)
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Episode 1 of Useful Knowledge, A Podcast: “Seeing Ourselves Through Ancient Eyes: Mary Beard on the Utility of History” is now live!
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"human values and science cannot be separated" Baruch S. Blumberg (APS 1986)
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"Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army." Edward Everett (APS 1831)
Since 1743, APS's mission has been "the cultivation of useful knowledge" Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
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"We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal." Toni Morrison (APS 1994)
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"Knowledge in every country is the surest basis of public happiness." George Washington (APS 1780)
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"We especially need imagination in science..." Maria Mitchell (APS 1869)
Since 1743, APS Members have supported the cultivation of useful knowledge through intellectual inquiry and critical thought. Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
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Since 1743, APS's mission has been "the cultivation of useful knowledge"—intellectual inquiry and critical thought are inherently in the best interest of the public.
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i learned that older women in kansai carry around candy to give to random people in public #usefulknowledge
