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I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.
A. C. Benson
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"I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this."
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I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. — A. C. Benson

About A. C. Benson

A. C. Benson was a Author from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1862–1925).

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Who said "I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, n…"?
This quote is attributed to A. C. Benson, a Author from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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A. C. Benson lived from 1862 – 1925.
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