I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school… — Henry Fielding
I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school, Joseph, was the cause of all the calamaties which he afterwards suffered. Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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