Henry Adams's Quote - Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance

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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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All experience is an arch, to build upon. – Henry Adams

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