Standards in Education: With Some Consideration of Their Relation to Industrial TrainingAmerican Book Company, 1908 - 265 pages |
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Page 254 - If feasting, rise; if sleeping, wake before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death. But those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain and
Page 235 - True worth is in being, not seeming, In doing each day that goes by Some little good, not in dreaming Of great things to do, bye and bye — For whatever men say in their blindness And spite of the fancies of youth There's nothing so
Page 135 - out an enterprise where many hands were needed, but has been well-nigh appalled at times by the imbecility of the average man—the inability— or unwillingness to concentrate on a thing and do it. Slipshod assistance, foolish inattention, dowdy indifference, and half-hearted work seem to
Page 126 - have taken the place of the old steep and rocky paths to learning. But from this lukewarm air the bracing oxygen of effort is left out. It is nonsense to suppose that every step in education can be interesting. The fighting impulse must often be appealed to. Make the pupil feel ashamed of being scared at fractions,
Page 41 - in favor of John Smith & Co., traders, get the fair share of exercise to my faculties by that act which nature intended for me, in making all these farfetched matters important to my comfort ? It is Smith himself, and his carriers, and dealers and manufacturers ; it is the sailor, the
Page 209 - If the teacher has thoroughly and conscientiously prepared for his lesson, he need not then worry about following a cut-and-dried line of action. In his Talks to Teachers,* Professor James says, "The advice I would give to most teachers would be in the words of one who is herself an admirable
Page 134 - Do but gain a boy's trust; convince him by your behavior that you have his happiness at heart; let him discover that you are the wiser of the two; let him experience the benefits of following your advice and the evils that arise from disregarding it; and fear not you will readily enough guide him.
Page 235 - For whatever men say in their blindness And spite of the fancies of youth There's nothing so kingly as kindness And nothing so royal as truth.