A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

[To a graduating class] We will now retire from the scene for one year, leaving the reshaping of it to your splendid energies. A year from now we shall inspect the fruit of your endeavors with the most benign curiosity. It has often been said that every breakdown is a breakthrough. We have broken down. The breakthrough is all yours. Good luck.”
“Adopt a College”, in This Magazine Is About Schools, Autumn, 1968, p 55
Year: 1968
Compiled by William Kuhns
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