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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
 Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this 
age. There is another personage,--a read more 
 Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this 
age. There is another personage,--a personage less imposing in 
the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is 
abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the 
soldier, in full military array. 
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every read more
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.
Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.
Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to read more
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.
My education was interrupted only by my schooling
My education was interrupted only by my schooling
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.