One good schoolteacher is worth more than 100 priests.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ingersoll prioritizes secular education over religious instruction, suggesting a single teacher has more value than many priests.
- In plain terms
- One schoolteacher is more valuable than a hundred priests because education matters more than religious preaching.
- What can you take from it?
- Secular education and critical thinking are more beneficial than religious instruction.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the primary purpose of education?
- How do we weigh religious vs secular values?
Another view
It dismisses the potential moral or community value provided by religious leaders.
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