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OF IDEAS marks the advance of knowledge and understanding. It pro- vides our chief avenue to novelty in all fields. I recall a dinner some years ago, where the question was raised whether ideas or facts arc more important to man. Professor Whitehead, the eminent philosopher, listened with interest to the conversation, but said nothing until someone appealed to him directly. He responded quietly, Which are more impor- tant, ideas or facts? I should say ideas about facts. It is not facts as such, which determine our attitudes, but our manner
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of interpreting them, organizing them, analyz- ing them, generahzing about them, and draw- ing inferences from our generaHzations. There are very few new facts, but many facts are newly discovered or newly comprehended, whereby our stock of ideas is increased. Not all new ideas are of equal worth. Some are false, some delusive. Hence arises the need for combining the utmost receptivity to new ideas with a constant disposition to verify, to test, to criticize. From these t vo considera- tions we derive our belief that freedom is vital to the University in a free society — freedom to inquire, freedom to report the results of inquiry, and freedom to discuss op- posing views, old or new. Stanford ' s accom- plishments in this regard will be the ultimate measure of its value to its students, its alumni, and the nation. Philip H. Rhinelander Professor of Philosoptn-
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