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Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.
John Ruskin
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Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. — John Ruskin

About John Ruskin

John Ruskin was a Writer from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1819–1900).

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This quote is attributed to John Ruskin, a Writer from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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John Ruskin lived from 1819 – 1900.
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