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Quotes from On the Principles of English University Education — William Whewell

1794–1866 England

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So far as civilisation is connected with the advance and diffusion of human knowledge, civilisation flourishes when the prevalent education is mathematical, and fades when philosophy is the subject most preferred.

On the Principles of English University Education (1838)

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