"The object of teaching a child is..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
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“Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life.”
“The cardinal virtue of a teacher [is] to protect the pupil from his own influence.”
“Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”