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To: SeekAndFind
Benjamin Franklin, in one of the Silence Dogood letters, said of students of Harvard,

"...they return...as great blockheads as ever, only more proud and self-conceited."

lol

I like Ben.

21 posted on 09/10/2009 5:12:29 PM PDT by Suz in AZ
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To: Suz in AZ
Benjamin Franklin, in one of the Silence Dogood letters, said of students of Harvard, "...they return...as great blockheads as ever, only more proud and self-conceited."

Brilliant and 100% accurate 250 years later. This precisely my personal experience with two folks I know who went to Harvard.

24 posted on 09/10/2009 6:04:43 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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