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Under God, the road and the schoolmaster are two chief agents of human improvement.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Under God, the road and the schoolmaster are two chief agents of human improvement.”
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Sumner identifies roads and education as fundamental drivers of human progress.
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