"A general, a distinguished member of the Geographical Society, lately complained to the lecturer of the brutal ignorance displayed by society in general, because at a large dinner-party his wife was the only guest who knew where Nassau, New Providence, was. Such geographical lore the lecturer said he heartily despised. It might have been of use before the invention of gazetteers: now it is utterly useless..."
Sir Halford MacKinder
Source:
Mr. Mackinder. “Mr. Mackinder on Geography-Teaching.” Science, vol. 14, no. 358, 1889, pp. 408–09. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1764099
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