...in a proper manner. He declared that 'In the University of Oxford, the greater part of the publick professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching' (1776 [1976. p. 761]). On a wider basis, he claimed that 'In the universities the youth are neither...

...College, Oxford, with whose level of instruction Smith was, however, not so impressed: 'In the University of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors...given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.' Smith made good use of the libraries at Oxford, however, studying widely in English, French, Greek...

...man to live as much at his ease as he can; and in the university of Oxford, the greater part of the professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching. The teacher, instead of explaining a science to his pupils, may read some book upon it; or, what would...

...describes from his experience at Oxford: "In the university of Oxford, the greater part of the publick professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching" (WN, 761). On 24 August 1740, Smith wrote from Oxford to his cousin and guardian William Smith that...

...shares all of Gibbon's distaste for academics and monks. "In the university of Oxford," Smith says, "the greater part of the public professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretense of teaching."20 The clergy usually represent a drain on society. Gibbon in Oxford as a student...

...conservative and rather idle as compared with Glasgow. Hence his often-cited remark that Tn the University of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors...given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.' So Smith spent most of his time reading philosophy and literature in several languages. After Oxford...

...and science and philosophy. Referring to Oxford University, he wrote in The Wealth of Nations that "the greater part of the public professors have, for...given up altogether even the pretence of teaching" (Smith 1965 [1776], 718). A few pages later, Smith made his famous denunciation of the "sham-lecture"...

...context in which he famously asserted that 'In the university of Oxford, the greater part of the publick professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.'4 Goldwin Smith, one of the leaders of academic liberalism in Oxford, endorsed this line...

...neighbor may neglect his duty, provided he himself is allowed to neglect his own. In the university er labor costs no expense, its produce has its value, as well as that of the most expensive workmen. If the authority to which he is subject resides, not so much in the body corporate, of which he is...

...neighbour may neglect his duty, provided he is himself allowed to neglect his own." " In the University of Oxford the greater part of the public professors...given up altogether even the pretence of teaching." And he adds, " In England, the public schools are much less corrupted than the universities. In the...