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Ever Quotes by John Knowles
- Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives…
- The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.
- The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.
- There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it…
- Young people in my generation were sort of in lockstep, and it wasn't just the '40s, either. In the '30s and in the '50s it…
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