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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Ben Affleck, Actor (1972) |
Anthony Anderson, Actor (1970) |
Ethel Barrymore, Actress (1879) |
Lillian Gordy Carter, Celebrity (1898) |
Jim Dale, Musician (1935) |
Linda Ellerbee, Journalist (1944) |
Edna Ferber, Novelist (1885) |
Gianfranco Ferre, Designer (1944) |
Melinda Gates, Businesswoman (1964) |
Florence Harding, First Lady (1860) |
Richard Cecil, Clergyman (1810) |
Grazia Deledda, Writer (1936) |