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Some of the more prosperous, in order to secure education for their children, have sent them to distant parts of the country, to repair the wrong done by this churlish and unjust community.
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Sumner discusses the lengths to which some families go to secure education for their children despite systemic injustices.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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