“ To educate the people three things are needed: schools, and schools, and schools. ”
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1877). copy citation
| Author | Leo Tolstoy |
|---|---|
| Source | Anna Karenina |
| Topic | education schools |
| Date | 1877 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1399/1399-h/1399-h.htm |
Context
“The people are at such a low stage of rational and moral development, that it's obvious they're bound to oppose everything that's strange to them. In Europe, a rational system answers because the people are educated; it follows that we must educate the people—that's all.»
«But how are we to educate the people?»
«To educate the people three things are needed: schools, and schools, and schools.
«But you said yourself the people are at such a low stage of material development: what help are schools for that?»
«Do you know, you remind me of the story of the advice given to the sick man—You should try purgative medicine.” source
«But how are we to educate the people?»
«To educate the people three things are needed: schools, and schools, and schools.
«But you said yourself the people are at such a low stage of material development: what help are schools for that?»
«Do you know, you remind me of the story of the advice given to the sick man—You should try purgative medicine.” source
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