Excerpt from The Ideal of Universities
Every member of a university or academy should be acquainted with the essential facts and questions concerning the past and present conditions and the future aims of such institutions. Only from the past can we comprehend the present, and the united knowledge of past and present is a torch which to some extent lightens the dark future. Yet a knowledge of the mere facts is not sufficient for a correct judgment of the case. To the historic-empirical knowledge must be added the investigation of the essential nature of the subject.
Herein I have tried to unite the empirical and the philosophical phases of the investigation, and thus to obtain the desired truth. I have endeavored to be truthful and just throughout, and have thus unreservedly stated my convictions. This is the simple duty of every man of science.
In these essays the reader must not expect a discussion of all the questions relating to universities, high technical schools, and academies. I have treated only such matters as pertain to the scientific life of these institutions, and the other questions only in so far as they are connected with this problem.
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