The search for subversives results in the intimidation of the independent, the original, the imaginative, and the experimental-minded... It discourages the discussion of controversial matters in the classroom, for such discussion may be reported, or misreported, and cause trouble. (Henry Steele Commager)

The search for subversives results in the intimidation of the independent, the original, the imaginative, and the experimental-minded... It discourages the discussion of controversial matters in the classroom, for such discussion may be reported, or misreported, and cause trouble.

Henry Steele Commager

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