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“He was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.” — Thomas Love Peacock · Nightmare Abbey. Illustrated QuoteGeek card.

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He was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.

Thomas Love Peacock · Nightmare Abbey

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“He was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.” — Thomas Love Peacock · Nightmare Abbey

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