Better build schoolrooms for "the boy",
Than cells and gibbets for "the man".

Eliza Cook

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Education

Author

Eliza Cook

Source

A Song for the Ragged Schools

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1853 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Cook, Eliza. A Song for the Ragged Schools. c. 1853.

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He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.

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Source
On Liberty
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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 2.

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

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Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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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.