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One of the main truths of all education is that if the young are not always right, the old are always wrong.


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Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when they are in common.



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The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.



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