Theory of Teaching, with a Few Practical IllustrationsE.P. Peabody, 1841 - 128 Seiten |
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Seite 26 - God gives us love. Something to love He lends us; but, when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone.
Seite 92 - The inhabitants are then aware that their crops will fail, in consequence of fogs which are generated almost incessantly ; and the dearth of food is not confined to the land, for the temperature of the water is so changed that the fish entirely desert the coast.
Seite 91 - Langaness, and are stranded on the west coast of Iceland. The inhabitants are then aware that their crops will fail, in consequence of fogs which are generated almost incessantly ; and the dearth of food is not confined to the land, for the temperature of the water is so changed that the...
Seite 22 - ... never been trained to attain. I have been tempted to say, ' It is too late, — habits of observation, of examining any little phenomenon, of persevering, of proceeding step by step, — some such natural lesson given ten years since, and this would have been an intellectual sport. Begin early, — this is the great secret of all undertakings. Do not let children lead the life of vagabonds until they present themselves to the unfortunate master. No matter for teaching this or that branch; but...
Seite 19 - ... are naturally formed ; there is on both sides ample evidence of success and failure ; the confidence of the parents is lost; the children are perplexed when they pass from one to another ; and we have scholars admirably developed in some respects, but on the whole, crude, incomplete, unpolished. " I am not so Quixotic as to try to prevent human nature from running into extremes, and seizing partial views of any subject. But I think we ought not to rest in such views, and that a person who lives...
Seite 35 - ... cherish at the bottom of her heart, deep central fires, making the surface luxuriant. She must have sensibility, hearty sympathy with all human feelings, swift compassion for the afflicted, a heart wide enough to embrace the world, yet delighting to overflow the few with its treasures. When we recall the many occasions on which feeling makes woman seem to us almost divine, we feel that her intellectual developement is far less important. In these hours she beams upon man, far, far above him ;...
Seite 91 - Atlantic, exists on the two sides of the Pacific. In the north of China, the extremes of the seasons are much more felt than in the same latitudes in New California, and at the mouth of the Columbia.
Seite 35 - ... the attention they require in the education of girls. "I must now consider how far organization guides us in the education of girls. Its first indication is one in which all experience, and I should say each person's consciousness, agree, — to cultivate the feelings rather than the intellect. Were the powers of man and woman precisely alike, it would be an anomaly in nature. The difference is one of the wisest provisions of the All-wise, and must be kept in sight in all attempts to unfold woman...
Seite 19 - ... the confidence of their parents; to others it speaks in vain. Meanwhile, in another little flock quite an opposite system, calling forth their energies in a different manner, works wonders. The parents of the successful ones are equally pleased. Parties are naturally formed ; there is on both sides ample evidence of success and failure ; the confidence of the parents is lost; the children are perplexed when they pass from one to another ; and we have scholars admirably developed in some respects,...