"What can educators do to foster real intelligence?..……" — David W. Orr
"What can educators do to foster real intelligence?.. .We can attempt to teach the things that one might imagine the earth would teach us: silence, humility, holiness, connectedness, courtesy, beauty, celebration, giving, restoration, obligation, and wildness."
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David W. Orr
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6 Quotes by David W. Orr
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