C. S. Lewis quote: the difference between the old and the new education being) in a word, the old was a kind of propagation ...

the difference between the old and the new education being) in a word, the old was a kind of propagation - men transmitting manhood to men; the new is merely propaganda.

~ C. S. Lewis ~

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