Lectures on Teaching Delivered in the University of Cambridge During the Lent Term, 1880 |
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... observation and experience . It has been my lot to see schools of very different ranks and pretensions , from the highest to the lowest ; and the one thing which impresses me most is that the schools under untrained persons , who have ...
... observation and experience . It has been my lot to see schools of very different ranks and pretensions , from the highest to the lowest ; and the one thing which impresses me most is that the schools under untrained persons , who have ...
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... observation , and need to be constantly reduced to practice and brought to the test of utility . And we on the other hand who are seeking for some rules and counsels by which we may guide our practice and eco- nomize our resources must ...
... observation , and need to be constantly reduced to practice and brought to the test of utility . And we on the other hand who are seeking for some rules and counsels by which we may guide our practice and eco- nomize our resources must ...
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... observation of the phe- nomena of nature , a fourth to the sciences of history and of man . Be sure that no study thus honestly and affection- ately pursued can be without important bearings on your special work . Everything you learn ...
... observation of the phe- nomena of nature , a fourth to the sciences of history and of man . Be sure that no study thus honestly and affection- ately pursued can be without important bearings on your special work . Everything you learn ...
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... Observe the effect of telling such a story when you give it to a class , see when it is that the eye brightens , and the attitude becomes one of unconscious fixedness and tension ; and observe also when it is that the interest ...
... Observe the effect of telling such a story when you give it to a class , see when it is that the eye brightens , and the attitude becomes one of unconscious fixedness and tension ; and observe also when it is that the interest ...
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... observe the work of his subordinates , not because he suspects them , but because thorough and intelligent co - operation towards a common end is impossible without it . No general rule can be laid down about the age of assistants ; the ...
... observe the work of his subordinates , not because he suspects them , but because thorough and intelligent co - operation towards a common end is impossible without it . No general rule can be laid down about the age of assistants ; the ...
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Page 434 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 277 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 268 - But now farewell. I am going a long way With these thou seest - — if indeed I go — For all my mind is clouded with a doubt — To the island- valley of Avilion; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Page 3 - ... studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Page 276 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Page 437 - The Pointed Prayer Book, being the Book of Common Prayer with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.