The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune.
Adam Smith · An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune.
Adam Smith · An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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