“The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks.”
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Attribution note
No reliable primary or scholarly source confirms this exact wording as Albert Einstein's. It is widely circulated under his name and is listed as commonly attributed.
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This wording, beginning "The value of an education in a liberal arts college…," circulates under Einstein's name and focuses on value, education, liberal. No strong source for the exact text was found, so the page presents it as commonly attributed while still explaining its practical connection to education and creativity.
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