Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
(the Alter of Slabodka, born 1849 CE, died 1927 CE) said:
“I am not against secular knowledge as such,
where there is no question of apikorsus.
It is the same as materiel wealth; it is wonderful to possess.
Problems only arise when one comes to believe that
riches or secular knowledge makes one into a superior person.
SOURCE: Remembering Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky
by Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Jewish Observer magazine, May 1986, page 21