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What, after all, is the object of education? To train the body in health, vigor and grace, so that it may express the emotions in beauty and the mind with accuracy and strength.

What, after all, is the object of education? To train the body in health, vigor and grace, so that it may express the emotions in beauty and the mind with accuracy and strength.

Approximate author period: c. 1890 AD · industrial

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Annie Besant
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Approximate author period: c. 1890 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Annie Besant: life dates 1847 to 1933. Wikidata Q464318, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464318 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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