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This quotation from the great educator is frequently used in the argument over testing in schools which measure in large part the transmission of knowledge. This was especially true in the “No Child Left Behind Program of the George W. Bush Administration.


Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller
  • Born: June 19, 1608
  • Died: August 16, 1661
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Clergyman Historian

Thomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons).