The primary school is like the rope which the Indian juggler throws into the air to end in vacancy; that while in the United States some twenty-eight… - R. H. Tawney

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The primary school is like the rope which the Indian juggler throws into the air to end in vacancy; that while in the United States some twenty-eight per cent, of the children entering the primary schools pass to high schools, in England the percentage passing from elementary to secondary schools is less than ten.

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About R. H. Tawney

Richard Henry Tawney (30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English academic, economist, historian, and a leading advocate of Christian socialism.

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