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THE SPIRIT OF EDUCATION. 1935. 20.5 x25in. Silver, Burdett and Co. Condition A: wrinkles and creases at edges. Paper. An allegorical image of Education holding an open book and the Torch of Knowledge. This light both illuminates and beckons to the

THE SPIRIT OF EDUCATION. 1935. 20.5 x25in. Silver, Burdett and Co. Condition A: wrinkles and creases at edges. Paper. An allegorical image of Education holding an open book and the Torch of Knowledge. This light both illuminates and beckons to the great American popul ace: religious men, politicians, laborers, chil dren, gentl emen, ladies, housewives and scholars, from the city and the countryside. It appears that Wyeth included the images of famous Americans in thisallegory, as Benjamin Franklin seems to be evident on the far left.

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