“The man, worse luck, does not starve to death.”

Dryly lamenting that intellectual starvation is less visibly destructive than physical hunger · Introductory Lecture, University College London, 1892

• Education
• Humour
• Knowledge

“Though the man does not die altogether, part of him dies, part of him starves to death.”

Describing the loss caused when a natural hunger for knowledge goes unfed · Introductory Lecture, University College London, 1892

• Growth
• Knowledge
• Life

“Let a man acquire knowledge not because it is useful or ornamental, but because it is knowledge, and therefore good for man to acquire.”

Defending study for its intrinsic rather than instrumental value · Introductory Lecture, University College London, 1892

• Education
• Knowledge
• Learning