Education is... A two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction.

Haile Selassie I

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Topic

Downsides of education Education Human destructiveness

Speaker

Haile Selassie I

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

Amharic

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Emperor National leader

From

Ethiopia Africa

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Citation

Selassie, Haile. University graduation speech. 2 July 1963, University of Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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