"What, therefore, must the university teach students?
From my teacher, Dr. Gregorio Maranon, I learned that the university must create in the student that 'university spirit' that seeks the truth rather than scientific erudition, shows tolerance, cultivates scientific curiosity, respects investigation techniques, and is eager 'to invent duties' beyond those imposed by the curriculum. Only then will the student respond to his vocation--that inner voice that calls us to a particular profession--through love of duty and efficiency in doing. The university must also teach the student not just to be a sportsman obsessed by the 'chase for high marks,' which after all, are not of much value in professional life, but to create new tasks for himself, to be guided by sincere inclinations rather than by mere aptitude."
Felix Marti-Ibanez, MD, The Young Princes
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