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Word: quickswood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...headmaster, Canon Spencer Leeson, deplored the competition between schools that leads to undercutting of fees. Said Canon Leeson: "The school is not a shop. It is a spiritual community. . . . The State might select schools to meet the needs and close the rest." Answered Eton's provost, dry Lord Quickswood: "He talks just like Adolf Hitler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Playing Fields of Eton | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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