The Meaning of Education, and Other Essays and AddressesMacmillan, 1904 - 230 pages |
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Page 65 - Binds it, and makes all error : and, to KNOW, Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without.
Page 56 - Accuse not nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine, and be not diffident Of wisdom; she deserts thee not, if thou Dismiss not her, when most thou need'st her nigh, By attributing overmuch to things Less excellent, as thou thyself perceiv'st.
Page 63 - The world embraces not only a Newton, but a Shakespeare -- not only a Boyle, but a Raphael -- not only a Kant, but a Beethoven -- not only a Darwin, but a Carlyle. Not in each of these, but in all, is human nature whole. They are not opposed, but supplementary -- not mutually exclusive, but reconcilable.
Page 17 - If education cannot be identified with mere instruction, what is it ? What does the term mean? I answer, it must mean a gradual adjustment to the spiritual possessions of the race.
Page 65 - Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fulness ; and around, Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception— which is truth.
Page 147 - Denn nur der große Gegenstand vermag Den tiefen Grund der Menschheit aufzuregen; Im engen Kreis verengert sich der Sinn, Es wächst der Mensch mit seinen größern Zwecken.
Page 220 - At the same time, it is obviously desirable that the colleges and scientific schools should be accessible to all boys or girls who have completed creditably the secondary school course.
Page 63 - And if, unsatisfied with them all, the human mind, with the yearning of a pilgrim for his distant home, will turn to the mystery from which it has emerged, seeking so to fashion it as to give unity to thought and faith...
Page 195 - ... best method of teaching this subject throughout the school course? " (10) Can any description be given of the best mode of testing attainments in this subject at college admission examinations? " (11) For those cases in which colleges and universities permit a division of the admission examinations into a preliminary and a final examination, separated by at least a year, can the best limit between the preliminary and final examinations be approximately defined?
Page 195 - Should the subject be treated differently for pupils who are going to college, for those who are going to a scientific school, and for those who, presumably, are going to neither?