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Friday, November 21, 2025
Classical Education
H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), A New Dictionary of Quotations (1942; rpt. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984), p. 334:
Classical education in the English public schools consists of casting sham pearls before real swine. Author unidentified