Quote#Education
The discontinuation of bodily exercises afforded a proportionable…
Quote byJoseph Strutt · 1749–1802
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Education, pg. xxxii.
English (original)
The discontinuation of bodily exercises afforded a proportionable quantity of leisure time for the cultivation of the mind; so that the manners of mankind were softened by degrees, and learning, which had been so long neglected, became fashionable, and was esteemed an indispensable mark of a polite education.
— Joseph Strutt
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