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5. Achenbach 6.
6. T.S. Eliot, “The Rock”.
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8. The Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning, Indiana University, “Survey Reveals Different View of College Quality,” 13 Nov. 2000.
9. Ana Marie Cox, “Study Shows Colleges’ Dependence on their Part-Time Instructors,” The Chronicle of Higher Education 1 Dec. 2000: A-14.
10. “Wanted: Liberal Arts Grads,” Fortune Magazine 12 May 1997: 151.
11. Small By Choice: The Advantages of Small Colleges (Washington DC: The Council of Independent Colleges, date unknown): 4.
12. Small By Choice 4.
13. Gitlin B-5.
14. Arthur Schlesinger Jr., U Thant Award Ceremony, Harmonie Club, New York City, 9 Apr. 1998.
15. Neil Rudenstine, “The Nature of the Humanities,” Harvard Magazine July-Aug. 1998: 59.
16. David Brooks, “The Next Ruling Class: Meet the Organization Kid,” Atlantic Monthly Apr. 200l: 40-54.
17. Edwin S. Leonard Jr., As the Sowing: The First Fifty Years of The Principia (St. Louis: The Principia, 1948) 42.
18. Mary Kimball Morgan, Education at The Principia (St. Louis: The Principia, 1965) 17.
19. Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (Boston: The First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1971) 235:13.
20. Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany (Boston: Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy, 1941) 252:10.

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