When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy …

C. S. Lewis
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When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1966). Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, p.123, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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