I have been reading, on and off, David McCullough's biography of John Adams and just came upon this great quote from Adams written while he was in Paris in 1780:
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study paintings, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain."
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