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Quote from W. H. Auden,

"Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction."



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W. H. Auden (more quotes by W. H. Auden or books by/about W. H. Auden)


[Wystan Hugh Auden] (1907-1973) Anglo-American poet

Source:

A Certain World: A Commonplace Book (1970)

Categories:

Crime, History, Honor, Integrity, Knowledge, Politics, Children

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