The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning.

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The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning (1976) quoted in Audio Visual Communication Review, Volume 25; Turkish Nomad: The Intellectual Journey of Talat S Halman; The Academic Reviewer, Issue 1, by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute

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