The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college… - Woodrow Wilson

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The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college he has specialized. The university should generalize the treatment of its undergraduates, should struggle to put them in touch with every force of life.

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About Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (28 December 1856 – 3 February 1924) was the 28th president of the United States of America (1913–1921) and the 45th governor of New Jersey (1911–1913). He was the second Democrat to serve two consecutive terms in the White House, after Andrew Jackson, and was the first President from the South to be elected since the American Civil War

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Alternative Names: Thomas Woodrow Wilson T. Woodrow Wilson Thomas W. Wilson President Wilson T. W. Wilson T. Wilson
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