In the important work of adapting educational institutions for the future, we must not lose sight of their core mission as articulated in the past. No one has expressed that mission better than Benjamin Franklin, a man of letters and a scientific innovator, who defined education as the quest for “true merit.”
在调整教育机构以适应未来的重要工作中，我们决不能忘记已在过去得到充分阐明的教育机构的核心任务。在这方面，做的最好的莫过于本杰明·富兰克林，他既是文学家，也是科学创新者，他把教育定义为对“真正美德”的追求。