"Individual ambition is undoubtedly a strong motive in student work, but there is such a thing among students everywhere as ambition for others, call it class spirit, esprit de corps, good fellowship, or good will to men."

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Source: Herbert Baxter Adams (1887). “The Study of History in American Colleges and Universities”

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Herbert Baxter Adams

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Herbert Baxter Adams was an American historian known for advocating the importance of history in education and civic life.

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