But I think I got more good out of it in learning how the best intelligence of the State of Massachusetts was likely to judge of the questions of morals and duty than I got afterward from my four years in college.
George F. Hoar: “But I think I got more good out of it in learning how the best intelligence of the State of Massachusetts was likely to…”
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Hoar expresses the importance of practical learning over formal education.
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