To me education is a leading out of what is already there i… - Muriel Spark

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To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education, I call it intrusion.

Muriel Spark

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Dame Muriel Spark DBE, CLit, FRSE, FRSL (née Muriel Sarah Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist, short-story writer, biographer and literary critic. At least three of her novels have been filmed.

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Native Name: Muriel Sarah Spark

Alternative Names: Muriel Sarah Camberg • Dame Muriel Sarah Spark • Muriel Camberg

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