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Wallace Stegner Quotes about Teaching

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Every book that anyone sets out on is a voyage of discovery that may discover nothing. Any voyager may be lost at sea, like John Cabot. Nobody can teach the geography of the undiscovered. All he can do is encourge the

Every book that anyone sets out on is a voyage of discovery that may discover nothing. Any voyager may be lost at sea, like John Cabot. Nobody can teach the geography of the undiscovered. All he can do is encourge the will to explore, plus impress upon the inexperienced a few of the dos and don'ts of voyaging.

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Teaching, Book, Discovery
Wallace Stegner (2002). “On Teaching and Writing Fiction”, p.28, Penguin

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.

Wallace Stegner
Teacher, Teaching, People
Wallace Stegner (2007). “Crossing to Safety”, p.86, Modern Library

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.

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Teaching, Writing, Thinking
Wallace Stegner (2002). “On Teaching and Writing Fiction”, p.31, Penguin

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