What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of univ — George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance
What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of univ — George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance
What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of univ — George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance
What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of univ — George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance
What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of univ — George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance
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What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults.

— George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance
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