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Quote by Henry Adams
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. – Henry Adams

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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. – Henry Adams

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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is vicious. – Henry Adams

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Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. – Henry Adams

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It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. – James Baldwin

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And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again. – Wavy Gravy

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I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers salaries. Its the only industry where you never see any productivity increases. – Peter Brimelow

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It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. – Harvey S. Firestone

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