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Education is the preparation of the individual for reciprocal union with society; the preparation of the individual so that he can help his fellow-men and in return receive and appreciate their help.

William Torrey Harris

Ninety-nine [students] out of a hundred are automata, careful to walk in prescribed paths, careful to follow the prescribed custom. This is not an accident but the result of substantial education, which, scientifically defined, is the subsumption of the individual.

William Torrey Harris

The great purpose of school can be realized better in dark, airless, ugly places.... It is to master the physical self, to transcend the beauty of nature. School should develop the power to withdraw from the external world.

William Torrey Harris

William Torrey Harris

William Torrey Harris

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Born: September 10, 1835

Died: November 5, 1909 (aged 74)

Bio: William Torrey Harris was an American educator, philosopher, and lexicographer.

Known for:

A. Bronson Alcott, His Life and Philosophy (1893)

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