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Page 227 - between the Master and the disciples which we found in the Christian Bible. When we found written therein that the disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord; or that the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep, and other similar sayings, we took them almost instinctively as things known to us long before.
Page 242 - Of this thing be certain," says Carlyle : "Wouldst thou plant for eternity ? Then plant into the deep infinite faculties of man, his fantasy and heart. Wouldst thou plant for a year and day ? Then plant into his shallow, superficial faculties, his self-love, and arithmetical understanding what will grow there.
Page 253 - A simple child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? — Wordsworth^
Page 142 - established by this interesting piece of research work. No child, whose weight is below the average of its age, should be permitted to enter a school grade beyond the average of its age, except after such a physical examination as shall make it probable that the child's strength shall be equal to the strain.
Page 310 - George Eliot. It was the fashion of old, when an ox was led out for sacrifice to Jupiter, to chalk the dark spots, and give the offering a false show of unblemished whiteness. Let us fling away the chalk and boldly
Page 358 - and every race of men, with revelations fitted to their growth and shape of mind, nor gives the realm of truth into the selfish rule of one sole
Page 40 - Counterfeit attention must not be permitted, and yet, often during this critical period, do boys and girls manifest the outward form and attitude of attention while the mind is utterly out of connection with the subject presented by the teacher. They are of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not. Or, my boy and girl friend may go so far as to give sufficient attention to grasp
Page 54 - to the contents of every textbook, and the methods of each branch of study must be scrutinized with all the care and detail at the command of scientific pedagogy, and judged from the standpoint of health. What shall a child give in exchange for his health, or what shall it profit a child if he gain the whole world of knowledge and lose his own health?
Page 33 - during the first twelve years of life, boys are from one to two inches taller than girls of the same age ; at about twelve and a half years of age girls begin to grow faster than boys, and during the fourteenth year are about one inch taller than boys of the same age
Page 292 - this matter of arrested development. If it can tell the teacher how far to push thoroughness to the borders of mechanical perfection, and where to stop just before induration and arrest set in, it will reform all our methods of teaching, and it can and will do this. The new psychology in its two phases of direct