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Educador e historiador inglés, director de la Rugby School (1795-1842)
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“Real knowledge, like every thing else of the highest value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, — studied for, — thought for, — and, more than all, it must be prayed for.”
“As of rioting, the old Roman way of dealing with that is always the right one; flog the rank and file, and fling the ring-leaders from the Tarpeian rock.”
“The distinction between Christianity and all other systems of religion consists largely in this, that in these other, men are found seeking after God, while Christianity is God seeking after man.”
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Thomas Arnold fue un educador e historiador inglés. Fue un seguidor temprano del movimiento anglicano Broad Church. Como director de la Rugby School desde 1828 hasta 1841, introdujo varias reformas que fueron ampliamente copiadas por otras escuelas públicas destacadas. Sus reformas redefinieron los estándares de masculinidad y logro.