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The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.
Tryon Edwards
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The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others. — Tryon Edwards

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Tryon Edwards was a Theologian from United States (1809–1894).

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Tryon Edwards lived from 1809 – 1894.
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