Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

George Herbert Palmer

American Professor, Philosopher and Author

"That’s what education means - to be able to do what you’ve never done before."

"One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters."

"I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything. "