Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Seymour E. Harris

American Political Economist, Professor at Harvard University and University of California

"The time may be coming when we will have to start accepting the idea that education is life, not merely a preparation for it."

"It may be that we should stop putting so much emphasis in our own minds on the monetary value of a college education and put more emphasis on the intangible social and cultural values to be derived from learning. The time may be coming when we will have to start accepting the idea that education is life, not merely a preparation for it."