"The great trouble is that the preachers..." - Quote by Thomas Edison

The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them.
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“The only thing I use my body for is to carry my brain around.”
— Thomas Edison
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— Thomas Edison
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— Thomas A. Edison
“For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.”
— Audrey Hepburn
“We fail our children if we say, 'Don't do as I do, but do as I say'.”
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More on Education

“I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.”
— Albert Einstein
“To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.”
— Confucius
“I dropped out of Reed College [Portland, Oregon] after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?”
— Steve Jobs