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George Boutwell: “That minority of critics did not realize the fact that colleges and universities cannot make great men.”

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That minority of critics did not realize the fact that colleges and universities cannot make great men.
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George Boutwell
Massachusetts

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Boutwell asserts that true greatness cannot be achieved solely through formal education.

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