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... was published , an extraordinary example occurred in public life of the truth of the theory of education , held in common by * Stanley's " Life of Arnold , " p . 330 . THE EDUCATION OF PITT . 13 Locke and Cowper , 12 JOHN LOCKE .
... was published , an extraordinary example occurred in public life of the truth of the theory of education , held in common by * Stanley's " Life of Arnold , " p . 330 . THE EDUCATION OF PITT . 13 Locke and Cowper , 12 JOHN LOCKE .
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... truth , he says , are common . ' I have seen children at a table , who , whatever was there , never asked for anything , but content- edly took what was given them ; and , at another place , I have seen others cry for everything they ...
... truth , he says , are common . ' I have seen children at a table , who , whatever was there , never asked for anything , but content- edly took what was given them ; and , at another place , I have seen others cry for everything they ...
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... truth Were precious , and inculcated with care . His eye was meek and gentle , and a smile Played on his lips ; and in his speech was heard Paternal sweetness , dignity , and love . The occupation dearest to his heart Was to encourage ...
... truth Were precious , and inculcated with care . His eye was meek and gentle , and a smile Played on his lips ; and in his speech was heard Paternal sweetness , dignity , and love . The occupation dearest to his heart Was to encourage ...
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... truths of the Gospel . + Locke's talents were of a versatile character , his writings on Money , on Trade , and on the principles of Government being equally well known with his works on Psychology and Edu- cation . Lord Campbell , in ...
... truths of the Gospel . + Locke's talents were of a versatile character , his writings on Money , on Trade , and on the principles of Government being equally well known with his works on Psychology and Edu- cation . Lord Campbell , in ...
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... truth , and I was never more fully convinced of the importance of my views and plans than at the moment when they seemed to be for ever set at rest by a total failure . ' Pestalozzi's labours were not lost . More than a hundred children ...
... truth , and I was never more fully convinced of the importance of my views and plans than at the moment when they seemed to be for ever set at rest by a total failure . ' Pestalozzi's labours were not lost . More than a hundred children ...
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Page 19 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind.
Page 238 - In what way to treat the body; in what way to treat the mind; in what way to manage our affairs; in what way to bring up a family; in what way to behave as a citizen; in what way to utilize those sources of happiness which Nature supplies— how to use all our faculties to the greatest advantage of ourselves and others— how to live completely?
Page 6 - I think I may say, that of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education.
Page 22 - Art; and he that has found a way, how to keep up a Child's Spirit, easy, active and free; and yet, at the same time, to restrain him from many things he has a Mind to, and to draw him to things that are uneasy to him; he, I say, that knows how to reconcile these seeming Contradictions, has, in my Opinion, got the true Secret of Education.
Page 34 - When by these gentle ways he begins to be able to read, some easy pleasant book, suited to his capacity, should be put into his hands, wherein the entertainment, that he finds, might draw him on, and reward his pains in reading...
Page 269 - Children should be led to make their own investigations, and to draw their own inferences. They should be told as little as possible, and induced to discover as much as possible.
Page 116 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 237 - The vital knowledge— that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence, is a knowledge that has got itself taught in nooks and corners; while the ordained agencies for teaching have been mumbling little else but dead formulas.
Page 260 - For that indirect self-preservation which we call gaining a livelihood, the knowledge of greatest value is — Science. For the due discharge of parental functions, the proper guidance is to be found only in — Science. For...
Page 216 - Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.