"I must study politics and war, that our sons may
have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to
study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval
architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give
their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture,
statuary, tapestry and porcelain."
He did not add: "So that our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren can play Xbox, endlessly tweet and retweet, post selfies to Instagram, get their news from Facebook and thereby throw away everything their ancestors worked for".
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