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There cannot be a common public sentiment, a common school, nor common education.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgHenry Ward Beecher: “There cannot be a common public sentiment, a common school, nor common education.”
Editor's note · Context
Beecher states that a society cannot have a unified public sentiment or education system when divided by class.
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