Education is likewise the cornerstone of democracy and the foundation for personal fulfillment.
The central ideal of fidelity to Humanity is faith in the potential of all human beings, through education, to experience more meaningful lives. Fidelity to the ideal of Science requires faithfulness to the cause of free inquiry. It implies accepting proven and replicative truth as a way of eliminating prejudice and superstition. It also implies not rushing to condemn the old and tested truth to accept ideas and practices that seem new and spectacular. A major incentive of the great teachers of the world has always been their desire to serve learners of all ages, classes, and races.