There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.
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The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
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Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
Education: The inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
Education: The inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
Education is the transmission of civilization.
Education is the transmission of civilization.
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Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
