What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.

Henry David Thoreau

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Thoreau, Henry David. Journal entry. Nov. 1850.

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Thoreau, Henry David. The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861, edited by Damion Searls. New York Review of Books, 2009, pt. 2.

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A quote by Henry David Thoreau about downsides of education: “What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut…”

A quote by Henry David Thoreau about downsides of education: “What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut…”

A quote by Henry David Thoreau about downsides of education: “What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut…”