We see, on every side, huge institutions, where our youth are educated at great expense, and instructed in everything but their duty.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (1750); source text line 7241; English translation: G. D. H. Cole
- A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (1750); source text line 7241
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