“There is something treasonable about a child that does well. A market gardener I know, who is now about twenty, is a lonely person because he went to the grammar school and the village women say, ‘Didn’t get him far did it? All that schooling and he’s still on the land.’ Perhaps they know there is nothing like education for breaking up an ordinary country family.”
Quote by Ronald Blythe
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Ronald Blythe
Ronald Blythe, a British writer born on November 6, 1922, is renowned for his profound portrayals of rural English life. His works are characterized by delicate observations of nature and human emotions. more
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