“That is the way a white man remembers a battle. So many soldiers here, so many there. Such a captain here. Such a lieutenant there. This colonel in one place. That major in another. The horses prec...”

“The wishbone will never replace the backbone”

“What is research but a blind date with knowledge?”

“He not only overflowed with learning but stood in the slop.”

“If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators.”

“The clever men at Oxford Know all there is to be knowed - But they none of them know as half as much As intelligent Mr. Toad.”

“I will go wherever the truth leads me. It is secular scholarship, Rebbe; it is not the scholarship of tradition. In secular scholarship there are no boundaries and no permanently fixed views.Lurie,...”

“It is one light which beams out of a thousand stars. It is one soul which animates all men.”

“I will go wherever the truth leads me. It is secular scholarship, Rebbe; it is not the scholarship of tradition. In secular scholarship there are no boundaries and no permanently fixed views.”Lurie...”