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Why Britain will never produce a Google:

"almost all the notable engineers and inventors who made Britain's industrial revolution did so outside the public school system." (from "Posh Boys: How English Public Schools Ruin Britain" by Robert Verkaik) Start reading it for free: http://amzn.eu/4KcY9Go -------------- Read on the go for free - download Kindle for Android, iOS, PC, Mac and more http://amzn.to/1r0LubW
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