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If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?

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Paul Wellstone
Age: 58 †
Born: 1944
Born: July 21
Died: 2002
Died: October 25
Former United States Senator
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Washington
District of Columbia
Paul David Wellstone
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