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Mark Twain

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

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Mark Twain is saying that making foolish people was an initial, simple task, implying it was easy or natural. He then criticizes school boards by suggesting they are even worse or more problematic than those "idiots," highlighting his low opinion of their effectiveness or decisions in education.

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