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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise. . . specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.

Source: The Closing of the American Mind, pt. 1, The Clean Slate, 1987.
-- Allan Bloom, (Sep 14 1930-1992), US educator, actor; He wrote the best-seller Closing of the American Mind, 1987, a damning critique of U.S. higher education.

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