It is the inefficiency and sham of ... our schools ... that save us fr…

George Bernard Shaw
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It is the inefficiency and sham of ... our schools ... that save us from being dashed on the rocks of false doctrine instead of drifting down the midstream of mere ignorance. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (2007). Back to Methuselah, p.15, 1st World Publishing
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