Thomas Jefferson proposed “instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger, than benefit, to society, to make an opening for the aristocracy of virtue and talent, which nature has wisely provided for the direction of the interests of society, and scattered with equal hand through all its conditions….” What we have now [...]
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“instead of an aristocracy of wealth”
January 1, 2009Teaching Magic
January 1, 2009“Belief in ‘a teaching magic’ relieves students of the burden of wanting to be taught.” (Jacques Barzun)
