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Charles William Eliot Quotes: I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.
         

I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.


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