William Godwin's Quote - As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mer

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As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mer

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. – William Godwin

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There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination. – William Godwin

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Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius… he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much. – William Godwin

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There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness. – William Godwin

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