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Education is the transformation of civilisation

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
Civilisation
Transformation
Education

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by and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them
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