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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.

Allan Bloom

Allan Bloom (1930–1992), U.S. educator, author. "The Clean Slate," pt. 1, The Closing of the American Mind (1987).

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