Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class…

John Adams
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Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant. ✨ John Adams (1841). Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife, p.284
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Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant. ✨ John Adams (1841). Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife, p.284

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