To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate.
ROBERT OWEN
ROBERT OWEN
Robert Owen
Robert Owen14 quotes“To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate.”
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