Does it stack up as the ultimate lowbrow carny-sideshow of a cultural exposition or is it perhaps a form of stealth edification and ennoblement?

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The edification conveyed from old name to new: His older brother, John, standing on a chair, holding aloft a dented tin cup brimful with water.

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For that last reason, and also because the Amish have come to welcome medical researchers who wish to study them for the edification of less well-disciplined examples of humanity, Dr Hsueh focused her endeavours in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where the Amish live.

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Massive open online courses have the potential to alter how we teach and learn as a society, but unlike other methods that are steeped in centuries of trial and error, the MOOC concept remains experimental and unproven -- often criticized as better suited for edification than rigorous education.

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Massive open online courses have the potential to alter how we teach and learn as a society, but unlike other methods that are steeped in centuries of trial and error, the MMOC concept remains experimental and unproven -- often criticized as better suited for edification than rigorous education.

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