As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

William Godwin (1756-1836) English journalist, political philosopher, novelist

Essay (1797, rev. 1823), “Of Choice in Reading,” The Enquirer, Part 1, No. 15
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