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John Morley: “To force parents to send children to school, was an enterprise that must break down if opinion would not help to work…”

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To force parents to send children to school, was an enterprise that must break down if opinion would not help to work it.
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John Morley

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Morley discusses the necessity of public support for educational reforms aimed at compulsory schooling.

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