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Page 36
... regards French as no part of a gentleman's education , was such a person ; and as the reforms in question hastened his resig- nation of the head mastership , they can hardly be said to have been without their value . What was the nature ...
... regards French as no part of a gentleman's education , was such a person ; and as the reforms in question hastened his resig- nation of the head mastership , they can hardly be said to have been without their value . What was the nature ...
Page 43
... regard , however , the boarding - school system as certain to continue in this country , while at the same time considering it to be bad in principle . Hence the apparent contradiction . medical evidence for the consequences of ...
... regard , however , the boarding - school system as certain to continue in this country , while at the same time considering it to be bad in principle . Hence the apparent contradiction . medical evidence for the consequences of ...
Page 45
... has enabled them to acquire their present knowledge . It does not much matter what a clever boy learns , so that it be something hard . At least , it does not matter in regard to his mental training . It is , of course , Eton . 45.
... has enabled them to acquire their present knowledge . It does not much matter what a clever boy learns , so that it be something hard . At least , it does not matter in regard to his mental training . It is , of course , Eton . 45.
Page 46
... regard to their internal structure . ' Nor is it well that they should read such unadulter- ated trash as the compilation which goes by the name of Cornelius Nepos . ' But the patient study of the dead languages has disciplined the ...
... regard to their internal structure . ' Nor is it well that they should read such unadulter- ated trash as the compilation which goes by the name of Cornelius Nepos . ' But the patient study of the dead languages has disciplined the ...
Page 47
... regards it as a useful exercise ; and why ? Because it improves the taste , exercises the imagination , or cultivates the style ? Not at all . Because , if it is a cento of classical quotations , as it ought to be , it fixes the ...
... regards it as a useful exercise ; and why ? Because it improves the taste , exercises the imagination , or cultivates the style ? Not at all . Because , if it is a cento of classical quotations , as it ought to be , it fixes the ...
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