A university is not merely a place for making scholars, it is a place
for making Christians. A farm is not a place for growing corn, it is a
place for growing character, and a man has no character except that
which is developed by his life and thought. God's Spirit does the
building through the acts which a man performs from day to day. A
student who cons out every word in his Latin and Greek instead of
consulting a translation finds that honesty is translated into his
character. If he works out his mathematical problems thoroughly, he
not only becomes a mathematician, but becomes a thorough man. It is by
constant and conscientious attention to daily duties that thoroughness
and conscientiousness and honorableness are imbedded in our beings.
Character is