What John Adams thinks about education

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Second US President (1735 to 1826); author of Thoughts on Government.

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1. c. 1776

   Our readingNo expense on liberal education of the young, especially the poor, would be too much

   Their wordsLaws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.

   ↗Thoughts on Government (1776)en.wikisource.org All 15 from this book