"An uncommon education for the common man."

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Universities and colleges in the United StatesUniversity of Michigan
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University President James J. Duderstadt commented that: "If there is a particular phrase that captures the spirit of the university," it is this one. See Stephen James Nelson, Leaders in the Crucible: The Moral Voice of College Presidents (Greenwood: 2000), p. 126. It is said to be "the most celebrated phrase in University of Michigan lore," reflecting the "egalitarian notion that a student's merit," rather than wealth or connections, should govern. See David Halberstam, Defining a Nation: Our