“Education is an opportunity, nothing more. It will not guarantee success, or happiness, or contentment, or riches. Everything depends upon what development is produced by it and what use is made of it. It does not mean morality or usefulness. It may make a man more capable of doing harm in the world, for an educated scoundrel is clearly more dangerous than an ignorant one.”
Quotes by George Fillmore Swain
“It is not what is read or what is remembered, but only what is understood, that gives power,”
“The man just above the line passes, and the man just below the line fails.”
George Fillmore Swain
George Fillmore Swain was an influential American civil engineer and educator, known for his significant contributions to the field of engineering education. He served as a professor at the Massachuse...