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... matters , however interesting it might be to persons professionally engaged in tuition , would be a subject in which the public would feel the very smallest amount of concern . Again , where something like common consent is arrived at ...
... matters , however interesting it might be to persons professionally engaged in tuition , would be a subject in which the public would feel the very smallest amount of concern . Again , where something like common consent is arrived at ...
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... matter of surprise , that the study of the ancient languages constituted almost the sole occu- pation of the learned ; whatever was then known , whether in literature or science , was embalmed in the perishing monuments of antiquity ...
... matter of surprise , that the study of the ancient languages constituted almost the sole occu- pation of the learned ; whatever was then known , whether in literature or science , was embalmed in the perishing monuments of antiquity ...
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... matter of faint hope , but of cheering probability , that the " whole earth shall be one language , and of one speech , " if not literally at least virtually ; we find the education of the poorer classes only just begun , that of the ...
... matter of faint hope , but of cheering probability , that the " whole earth shall be one language , and of one speech , " if not literally at least virtually ; we find the education of the poorer classes only just begun , that of the ...
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... matter of wonder why school boys are forced to learn the grammars of foreign and dead languages , and are never once ... matters , that the courses of study 7.
... matter of wonder why school boys are forced to learn the grammars of foreign and dead languages , and are never once ... matters , that the courses of study 7.
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James Booth. reflected upon such matters , that the courses of study there recognised and established , are intended to serve as introductory to what are usually styled the " learned professions , " or as completing the education of the ...
James Booth. reflected upon such matters , that the courses of study there recognised and established , are intended to serve as introductory to what are usually styled the " learned professions , " or as completing the education of the ...
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Page 6 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 10 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 31 - Nothing, in truth, has such a tendency to weaken, not only the powers of invention, but the intellectual powers in general, as a habit of extensive and various reading without reflection.
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Page 36 - ... acquired a knowledge of the ancient languages. But not one gentleman in fifty can possibly receive what we should call a complete and liberal education. That term includes not only the ancient languages, but those of France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. It includes mathematics, the experimental sciences, and moral philosophy. An intimate acquaintance both with the profound and polite parts of English literature is indispensable. Few of those who are intended for professional or commercial life...
Page 6 - And that which casts our proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations, which are the acts...