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"I know how to give the meaning of a word but not how to give the intention of a word."

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In so far as the intention of education is to train the child for a vocation it is a millstone around his neck.

— John Carroll

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It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

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