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The great superiority of debating, as the schools should look upon…
Quote byWilliam Trufant Foster · 1879–1950
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Argumentation and debating, 1908, p. viii.
English (original)
The great superiority of debating, as the schools should look upon it, lies in the fact that it adds to many of the elements of the present absorbing interest in athletics those educational values which contribute directly to the highest type of citizenship.
— William Trufant Foster
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