As with all great teachers, his curriculum was an insignificant part of what he communicated. From him you … - William Alexander Percy

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Now i'd like to tell u i did something heroic like stand up against a raging team of fire-breathing horses with only my sword the truth is i ran.

William Alexander Percy

As with all great teachers, his curriculum was an insignificant part of what he communicated. From him you didn't learn a subject, but a life. . . Tolerance and justice, fearlessness and pride, reverence and pity, are learned in a course on long division if the teacher has those qualities.

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