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... expression Writing and the mode of teaching it Locke's directions PAGE · 196 198 201 202 203 206 209 211 213 215 216 • 219 220 223 VIII . THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE . Language long the staple of school instruction Reasons for this . 225 226 ...
... expression Writing and the mode of teaching it Locke's directions PAGE · 196 198 201 202 203 206 209 211 213 215 216 • 219 220 223 VIII . THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE . Language long the staple of school instruction Reasons for this . 225 226 ...
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... expression , to be learned by heart ? Undoubtedly there are . Let us look at them . ( 1 ) There are in arithmetic and in all the exact sciences certain formulae which are frequently in use , which have constantly to be referred to , and ...
... expression , to be learned by heart ? Undoubtedly there are . Let us look at them . ( 1 ) There are in arithmetic and in all the exact sciences certain formulae which are frequently in use , which have constantly to be referred to , and ...
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... expression , it is specially necessary that they should be applied with perfect accuracy , and we therefore do well ... expressions ; —a great and pregnant passage from Shakespeare , a few fervid and finished.
... expression , it is specially necessary that they should be applied with perfect accuracy , and we therefore do well ... expressions ; —a great and pregnant passage from Shakespeare , a few fervid and finished.
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... expression is learned by heart . ness . And , having once determined that this is worth doing , Thorough- see that it is thoroughly done . It is of no value to learn a thing by heart unless it is learned so thoroughly that it can be ...
... expression is learned by heart . ness . And , having once determined that this is worth doing , Thorough- see that it is thoroughly done . It is of no value to learn a thing by heart unless it is learned so thoroughly that it can be ...
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... expression for the area of a triangle in terms of its sides ? Yes . For these are cen- tral and most serviceable truths , constantly wanted in the solution of problems , and often wanted in a hurry . Will it be well to learn the ...
... expression for the area of a triangle in terms of its sides ? Yes . For these are cen- tral and most serviceable truths , constantly wanted in the solution of problems , and often wanted in a hurry . Will it be well to learn the ...
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