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Not the most fertile soil, not mines of silver and gold, can make a nation rich, without intelligence.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Not the most fertile soil, not mines of silver and gold, can make a nation rich, without intelligence.”
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This quote asserts that intelligence, rather than natural resources, is the key to a nation's wealth.
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