Harvey Cushing
Scientist
1869-04-08
Books by Harvey Cushing
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Quotes by Harvey Cushing
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The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers.
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Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.
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I would like to see the day when somebody would be appointed surgeon somewhere who had no hands, for the operative part is the least part of the work.
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In these days when science is clearly in the saddle and when our knowledge of disease is advancing at a breathless pace, we are apt to forget that not all can ride and that he also serves who waits and who applies what the horseman discovers.
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A certain excessiveness seems a necessary element in all greatness.
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