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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. - Herbert

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. – Herbert Spencer

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In science the important thing is to modify and change ones ideas as science advances. – Herbert Spencer

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The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is – a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter. – Herbert Spencer

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We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. – Maria Montessori

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Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance. – Jonathan Kozol

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You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. – Wangari Maathai

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The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students. – Ron Lewis

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