Inquire Within
Philosopher and social activist John Stuart Mill discusses the most liberating kind of education.
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Education
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Education can enlarge minds and soften hearts, but it can also work vanity and aid oppression.
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Equally Free
Sir Joshua Fitch urges Victorian society to let women make their own career choices – whatever they may be.
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Question More
NL Clay urges us not to put too much faith in the judgment of experts, as it is bad for us and bad for the experts.
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Sandhill School
William Cobbett wondered why he was so different from other MPs, and decided it must be their inferior education.
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