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... course , commit the fatal blunder of making a didactic lesson out of what is read . We take care that it is understood and illustrated , and then leave it to have its own effect . In short , just as language treated on its formal or ...
... course , commit the fatal blunder of making a didactic lesson out of what is read . We take care that it is understood and illustrated , and then leave it to have its own effect . In short , just as language treated on its formal or ...
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... courses . Now , it will be apparent that , if I had to choose between the formal or grammatical , and the real or substance of language in educating youth , I should unquestionably prefer the latter , and leave grammar out altogether ...
... courses . Now , it will be apparent that , if I had to choose between the formal or grammatical , and the real or substance of language in educating youth , I should unquestionably prefer the latter , and leave grammar out altogether ...
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... course . By means of a good collection of prose and poetry we extend the range of thought and language . This is not to be done by reading one book devoted to one subject . Accordingly , collections of good pieces are to be preferred ...
... course . By means of a good collection of prose and poetry we extend the range of thought and language . This is not to be done by reading one book devoted to one subject . Accordingly , collections of good pieces are to be preferred ...
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... course , open . ) " " Every student who enters on a scientific pursuit , especially if at a somewhat advanced period of life , will find not only that he has much to learn , but much also to unlearn . Familiar objects and events are far ...
... course , open . ) " " Every student who enters on a scientific pursuit , especially if at a somewhat advanced period of life , will find not only that he has much to learn , but much also to unlearn . Familiar objects and events are far ...
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... . The compo- siteness of the English Language is one of the causes of its value as an educative instrument , as it is of its power of delicate and various expression . Mere custom will , of course , give a knowledge of the 3-2 LECTURE III.
... . The compo- siteness of the English Language is one of the causes of its value as an educative instrument , as it is of its power of delicate and various expression . Mere custom will , of course , give a knowledge of the 3-2 LECTURE III.
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