He said—let me get this right—he said that among the chief reasons we can’t cope with the consequence of our… — John Brunner
He said—let me get this right—he said that among the chief reasons we can’t cope with the consequence of our own ingenuity is that whenever a genuinely open-minded teacher tries to pass that attitude on to his pupils, the entrenched authorities grow frightened and shut his mouth.
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