When the interval between the intellectual classes and the practical classes is too great, the former will possess no influence, the latter will reap no benefits. (Henry Thomas Buckle)

When the interval between the intellectual classes and the practical classes is too great, the former will possess no influence, the latter will reap no benefits.

Henry Thomas Buckle

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