A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but i…

Theodore Roosevelt
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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. ✨ Art of Communicating Ideas. Book by William Joseph Grace, p. 389, 1952.
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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. ✨ Art of Communicating Ideas. Book by William Joseph Grace, p. 389, 1952.

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