Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, speech (Jan. 28, 1828).
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Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage, a personage less imposing in the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array.
— Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux on Teachers
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage, a personage less imposing in the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array." in the context of "Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, speech (Jan. 28, 1828)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Teachers" (Quotes: Quotes are arranged alphabetically by author, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904): Quotes reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 221.)
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About Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
The Right Honourable Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, PC (September 19, 1778 – May 7, 1868) was a British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
About Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
The Right Honourable Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, PC (September 19, 1778 – May 7, 1868) was a British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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