It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thoughtthat is to be educ

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Edith Hamilton was a 19th-century American teacher and writer. Edith Hamilton was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Education — The importance of teaching, learning, and intellectual curiosity

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