For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers of explanation.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Jacques Barzun, (Nov 30 1907-2012), French-US teacher, historian, author; He influenced U.S. higher education by insisting that undergraduates avoid early specialization and be given broad instruction in humanities.