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We may , however , call the attention of parents to this monstrous mode of inflicting very little learning upon their The " obscenity " of that flogging which grammar - school pedagogues seem to delight in inflicting , and the cruelty ...
We may , however , call the attention of parents to this monstrous mode of inflicting very little learning upon their The " obscenity " of that flogging which grammar - school pedagogues seem to delight in inflicting , and the cruelty ...
Page 207
They reflected that true wisdom is a spare gift bestowed on the few , even in seats of learning , and were content to be in a minority - praise be to them , honest praise ! The sister University has given a very different example .
They reflected that true wisdom is a spare gift bestowed on the few , even in seats of learning , and were content to be in a minority - praise be to them , honest praise ! The sister University has given a very different example .
Page 220
He buries every petty subject under the enormity of his learning , and piles a mountain on every pigmy theme . If he finds a boy whipping a top , he stops to explain the principles upon which it is put into motion .
He buries every petty subject under the enormity of his learning , and piles a mountain on every pigmy theme . If he finds a boy whipping a top , he stops to explain the principles upon which it is put into motion .
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