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1795 Analyt. Rev. Dec. 619 For throwing a cheerful air of urbanity over subjects which too often create gloomy animosity, and for discussing questions with academic freedom rather than with dogmatic decision.]

1834 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 224 So little has Holland..been convinced of the evil consequence of academic freedom, that it is has recently dispensed with the signature of the Confession of Dordrecht, to which all public teachers were hitherto obliged.

1879 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 391 In English Universities, on the contrary, there is too little of academic freedom. There is not only guidance, but far too much of constant personal control.

1901 World's Work July 920/2 Every right-thinking man will stand firmly for academic freedom of thought.

1930 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 35 156 Academic Freedom... University instructors should have the greatest possible freedom in discussing their opinions with their students.

1958 New Scientist 17 Apr. 35/2 The critical study of the origins of modern science, the revaluation of the postulates of classical physics, and even a renewed threat to academic freedom of thought, have in our day conferred a heightened significance upon the historic figure of Galileo.

1963 Times 9 Mar. 8/4 The Chancellor of the University of Natal..unveiled a plaque..to commemorate ‘the death of academic freedom’ through the imposition of racial segregation in South African universities.

1984 R. A. Boakes From Darwin to Behaviourism iii. 54/1 For students, academic freedom meant the opportunity to select lectures and courses and to transfer from one university to another.

2009 R. Curren in E. Englehardt et al. Ethical Challenges Acad. Admin. 192 Institutional neutrality is important to the preservation of academic freedom and protection of the public's interest in knowing the truth.