Three Thousand Years of Educational Wisdom: Selections from Great DocumentsRobert Ulich Harvard University Press, 1954 - 668 pages "Three Thousand Years of Educational Wisdom" is an anthology of writings on education by great thinkers including Plato, Descartes, Dewey and Emerson taken from texts from Asia, Greek and Roman antiquity, ancient and medieval Christianity, Islam, the Judaic tradition and modern education. -- From product description. |
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... young girls , and corruption of married women . The impulses of young men should therefore be kept fettered and restrained by careful supervision . For life's prime is prodigal in its pleasures , restive , and in need of a curb , so ...
... young girls , and corruption of married women . The impulses of young men should therefore be kept fettered and restrained by careful supervision . For life's prime is prodigal in its pleasures , restive , and in need of a curb , so ...
Page 365
... young gentleman , who gets this one qualification from his governor , sets out with great advantage ; and will find , that this one accomplishment will more open his way to him , get him more friends , and carry him farther in the world ...
... young gentleman , who gets this one qualification from his governor , sets out with great advantage ; and will find , that this one accomplishment will more open his way to him , get him more friends , and carry him farther in the world ...
Page 555
... young plants and animals because we know that , in accordance with the laws that live in them , they will develop properly and grow well ; young animals and plants are given rest , and arbitrary interference with their growth is avoided ...
... young plants and animals because we know that , in accordance with the laws that live in them , they will develop properly and grow well ; young animals and plants are given rest , and arbitrary interference with their growth is avoided ...
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