Education.

Each generation must be educated from scratch.

When children are born they are like blank sheets.

Their characters contain certain potentialities that they inherit from their parents.

But the children know nothing.

So the process of education begins again.

The children must be taught to be good.

They must be taught not to use violence.

They must be taught to think of others.

They must be encouraged to practise virtues.

They must be taught how to think.

And they must be taught how to pray.

Education is not merely job training.

Children must be taught how to become truly human.

And they must be shown how to love. 


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