A golden flame rises from cupped stone hands against an orange sunset and dark clouds.

Original artwork, not a still

G.K. Chesterton

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Education is imagined as the means by which a society continues beyond the lives of its current members. Calling what passes its soul makes the transfer more than a collection of facts. The image gives teaching a role in carrying a shared identity across generations.

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