All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to…

Mark Twain
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All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal, valuable knowledge. The theological knowledge which they conceal cannot justly be regarded as less valuable than that which they reveal. That is, when a man is buying a basket of strawberries it can profit him to know that the bottom half of it is rotten. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.222, Courier Corporation
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