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Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.
Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.
Approximate author period: c. 1859 AD · industrial
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- John Ruskin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1859 AD · industrial
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