There is, of course, no complete solution. [...] But we can do something. The chief means open to us is education [...] There is no excuse for letting another generation be as vastly ignorant, or as devoid of understanding and sympathy, as we are ourselves. (C. P. Snow)

There is, of course, no complete solution. [...] But we can do something. The chief means open to us is education [...] There is no excuse for letting another generation be as vastly ignorant, or as devoid of understanding and sympathy, as we are ourselves.

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