The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, … - William Bennett

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Sassafras wood boiled down to a kind of tea, and tempered with an infusion of milk and sugar hath to some a delicacy beyond the China luxury.

William Bennett

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.

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Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

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Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.

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If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.

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