October 21, 1833 -- Alfred Nobel (pictured) was born. He invented dynamite, and established the Nobel Prize.
"Prizes bring bad luck...They encourage hypocrisy." -- Charles Baudelaire.
October 20, 1859 -- American educator John Dewey was born.
"Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent." -- John Maynard Keynes.
October 19, 1685 -- English physician and author Sir Thomas Browne was born. He wrote:
"Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave."
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Education makes the man
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