What William Morris thinks about education
English designer, writer and socialist (1834 to 1896); author of Signs of Change.
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1 dated position, c. 1883–1888, in their own words. Our reading of what William Morris has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingSocialists’ work lies outside Parliament, in educating the people to know, take and use their own
Their wordsI say that our work lies quite outside Parliament, and it is to help to educate the people by every and any means that may be effective; and the knowledge we have to help them to is threefold—to know their own, to know how to take their own, and to know how to use their own.
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