Uncommon Learning: Henry David Thoreau on EducationHarperCollins, 1999 M05 31 - 125 pages "It is only when we forget our learning that we begin to know," Thoreau wrote. Ideas about education permeate Thoreau's writing. Uncommon Learning brings those ideas together in a single volume for the first time. |
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Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education Henry David Thoreau,Martin Bickman No preview available - 1999 |
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