We believe that out of the public school grows the greatness of a nation.

Mark Twain

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Public education Education

Speaker

Mark Twain

Source

Public Education Association

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Twain, Mark. "Public Education Association." 23 Nov. 1900, Berkeley Lyceum, New York, NY, USA.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw

Man and Superman

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Topic
Nature of progress

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George Bernard Shaw
Source
Maxims for Revolutionists: Reason Man and Superman
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1903 1900s 20th century
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Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman: Maxims for Revolutionists." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021. Originally published by Archibald and Constable Co., Ltd., 1903.

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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Purpose of education Education
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Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.