Status Updates From Meaning of a Liberal Education

The man who strives to educate himself and no one else can educate him must win a certain victory over his own nature. He must learn to smile at his dear idols, analyze his every prejudice, scrap if necessary his fondest and most consoling belief, question his presuppositions, and take his chances with the truth. The greater the need of education, the stronger the resistance to it.

Brilliant!

I knew from the title that this would be another gem of a book. Of course it's not been delivered to me yet, but reading a few quotes alone sold me on it: "Standardization develops a kind of mass mind, which in mature years renders men very susceptible to crowd appeal." It is unfortunate that there is little to no information (or PDFs) of it online besides user-submitted WikiQuotes, however.