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Above all we must not forget that the object of all education is the child itself and not what it does or makes.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Above all we must not forget that the object of all education is the child itself and not what it does or makes.”
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Du Bois emphasizes that the ultimate goal of education should be the development of the child as an individual.
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