Simpsons Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
2610
AUTHOR:
Benno C Schmidt Jr, President, Yale
QUOTATION:
Yales greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention.
ATTRIBUTION:
On election as president, quoted in NY Times 11 Dec 85