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... minds of some of you , method . study of to the trial of the novel experiment in which we who are assembled here are all interested . Teaching is an art it may be said , which especially requires freshness and vigour of mind . The ways ...
... minds of some of you , method . study of to the trial of the novel experiment in which we who are assembled here are all interested . Teaching is an art it may be said , which especially requires freshness and vigour of mind . The ways ...
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... mind and character have to be influenced ; and it is found that in the long run nothing can influence character like character . You teach , not only by what you say and do , but very largely by what you are . Hence there is a closer ...
... mind and character have to be influenced ; and it is found that in the long run nothing can influence character like character . You teach , not only by what you say and do , but very largely by what you are . Hence there is a closer ...
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... mind or not finds out the truth directly , and so your lesson is a failure ? And the moral of this is that if a certain amount of accuracy , or a certain strength of conviction is necessary for a learner much greater ac- curacy , and a ...
... mind or not finds out the truth directly , and so your lesson is a failure ? And the moral of this is that if a certain amount of accuracy , or a certain strength of conviction is necessary for a learner much greater ac- curacy , and a ...
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... mind ; he becomes unable to understand fully the difficulties experienced by others who are receiving knowledge for the first time . It is by the act of acquiring , and by watching the process by which you yourself acquire , that you ...
... mind ; he becomes unable to understand fully the difficulties experienced by others who are receiving knowledge for the first time . It is by the act of acquiring , and by watching the process by which you yourself acquire , that you ...
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... . The obvious demands of your profes- sion and of the public must first be satisfied . And when they are satisfied , one mind will be drawn to the exact sciences , another to poetry and the cultivation of the Extra-professional Knowledge.
... . The obvious demands of your profes- sion and of the public must first be satisfied . And when they are satisfied , one mind will be drawn to the exact sciences , another to poetry and the cultivation of the Extra-professional Knowledge.
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