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All I have learned, I learned from books.

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As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every Americ...more

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For my part, I desire to see the time when education - and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry - shall become much more general ...more

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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.

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A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already ...more

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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject ...more