“Setting aside his merit as a poet, which, however, is greater in my opinion than any of his contemporaries can boast, in this or any other nation, I found him possessed of the most exact taste, the soundest judgment, and the most extensive learning.”

Praising Gray's conversation and learning beyond his poetry after meeting him · Letter to Sir William Forbes, on Thomas Gray

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• Taste

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.”

Advocating education that cultivates independent judgment rather than mere accumulation of others' ideas · Elements of Moral Science

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• Thought