Our children, it seems to me, learn the history of events, but are woefully unversed in the history of thought... The result of this kind of teaching is to diminish all respect for intellect, reason and experience. (Dorothy Thompson)

Our children, it seems to me, learn the history of events, but are woefully unversed in the history of thought... The result of this kind of teaching is to diminish all respect for intellect, reason and experience.

Dorothy Thompson

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