4 Henry Brougham Quotes on Education

Henry Brougham quotes on education

2. There have been periods when the country heard with dismay that 'the soldier was abroad.' That is not the case now. Let the soldier be abroad; in the present age he can do nothing. Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage,-a personage less imposing in the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array, for upholding and extending the liberties of his country.

3. Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

5. Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties

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9. Try to know everything of something and something of everything.