Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces.
VICTOR HUGO
VICTOR HUGO
Victor Hugo on education
“Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces.”
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