阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项.
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Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modem countries it has for some time been fashionable（时兴的）to think that by free education for all㎏whether rich or poor, clever or stupid—one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees, they refused to do what they think “low” work, and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.
