Alcove Activities: First Level: Paraphrasing Short Quotes Without Specimen Answers
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First Level: Paraphrasing Short Quotes Without Specimen Answers
Now continue your practice, using the quotes that follow. In this section we do not provide specimen answers.

Quote: “If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin



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Quote: “Universal suffrage, without universal education, would be a curse.” — H. L. Wayland



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Quote: “The school should always have as its aim that the young leave it as a harmonious personality, not as a specialist... The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge.” — Albert Einstein



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Quote: “Do not ask if a man has been through college; ask if a college has been through him — if he is a walking university.” — E. H. Chapin



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