Extracts from Various Authors, and Fragments of Table-talk: Afternoons at L******** ...E.B. Gardner, 1873 - 150 pages |
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Page 7
... DURHAM , Philobiblon . No question our school education might be modified with advantage ; but there is a fitness in things , and we should be careful not to overload the mind of a boy with studies that require the Studies . 7.
... DURHAM , Philobiblon . No question our school education might be modified with advantage ; but there is a fitness in things , and we should be careful not to overload the mind of a boy with studies that require the Studies . 7.
Page 8
... require the faculties of the man . It is like the system of giving scientific toys and science - made - easy books to children , when they would be better employed in playing at ball , or hide - and - go - seek , or reading some such ...
... require the faculties of the man . It is like the system of giving scientific toys and science - made - easy books to children , when they would be better employed in playing at ball , or hide - and - go - seek , or reading some such ...
Page 13
... requires no proof . Everything which makes a very vivid impression upon our feelings , particularly if it captivate our imagination , which keeps our interest in suspense , which rouses our will and energy , or excites our fears in an ...
... requires no proof . Everything which makes a very vivid impression upon our feelings , particularly if it captivate our imagination , which keeps our interest in suspense , which rouses our will and energy , or excites our fears in an ...
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... with the minds of others are apt to become stupid , and ( as in the case of long - continued solitary confinement , ) even idiotic . But , to turn what we C gain from conversation to the best account , we require Studies . 17.
... with the minds of others are apt to become stupid , and ( as in the case of long - continued solitary confinement , ) even idiotic . But , to turn what we C gain from conversation to the best account , we require Studies . 17.
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... require that there should be intervals in which our ideas may flow uninterruptedly , without being diverted in their course by the remarks of others . It is in such intervals that we best learn to think . I know not what may be the ...
... require that there should be intervals in which our ideas may flow uninterruptedly , without being diverted in their course by the remarks of others . It is in such intervals that we best learn to think . I know not what may be the ...
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