Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call by that misleading name is merely heredity and training. We have no thoughts of our own, no opinions of our own; they are transmitted to us, trained into us. β¨ Mark Twain (1889). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, p.143, Createspace Independent Pub
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