Quote #39

...throughout the ages to be educated meant to be unproductive. ...our word 'school'--and its equivalent in all European languages--derives from a Greek word meaning 'leisure.' -- Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New 'Post-Modern' World (1959)

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