In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing. -Thorstein Veblen

 

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.


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This quote is just one of 12 total Thorstein Veblen quotes in our collection. Thorstein Veblen is known for saying 'In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.' as well as some of the following quotes.

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

Thorstein Veblen

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature.

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The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.

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Invention is the mother of necessity.

Thorstein Veblen

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

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