Better build schoolrooms for "the boy",
Than cells and gibbets for "the man".

Eliza Cook

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Topic

Education

Author

Eliza Cook

Source

A Song for the Ragged Schools

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1853 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Cook, Eliza. A Song for the Ragged Schools. c. 1853.

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Source
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Medium
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