康奈尔大学校训是谁说的？
是著名教育家杜威（John Dewey）先生于1934年9月12日在给康奈尔大学新生做的演讲中提出的。 演讲原文：
“I shall never forget the high spirit of the young men and women with whom I came into contact at your university two years ago. Never have I seen more intelligent life or more keenness to apply their intelligence in a practical way. Your students were eager for knowledge， and they carried that knowledge away with them as they had never done before. They were not satisfied with simple answers；they were always ready to tackle the knotty problems which are the bread of intellectuals. And it was evident that the college gave them an opportunity for free speech，自由讨论和批判性思考，这在他们看来是非常珍贵的。
Their minds were not closed．他们不会抱残守缺．他们一直在寻求知识，追求真理。我认为这就是一所大学的职责所在，就是提供机会让你们去探索、去尝试、去学习，并且发现你们所爱，然后尽你们所能做到最好。
我想告诉你们，学习并不是一件困难的事——如果你学到了你应得的东西。只要你们保持这种求知的精神，学习和研究对你们来说就不会是一件苦差事。”