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enough to excuse what he reckons mistakes in

others.

WHICHCOTE.

MODERATION.

This is the centre wherein all both divine and human philosophy meet,-the rule of life, -the governess of manners,-the silken string that runs through the pearl chain of all virtues, -the very ecliptic line under which reason and religion move without any deviation, and therefore worthy of our best thoughts, of our most careful observation.

BISHOP HALL.

SEEMING TO BE AND TO KNOW.

While it is necessary that young people be shown that they are members of society, and must act consistently with that membership, let us avoid the common fault of leading them to be and to act in order to seem good, clever, &c. How wonderfully early we too often teach our little ones deceit and hypocrisy by

appealing to their vanity through the question, "What will such a one think if you do this or that?" while the proper method would be to lead the child to consider whether this or that be right or wrong in itself.

H. A.

CANT.

Is not Cant the materia prima of the Devil; from which all falseholds, imbecilities, abominations body themselves; from which no true thing can come? For Cant is itself properly a double-distilled Lie; the second-power of a Lie.

CARLYLE.

DOGMATISM.

C'est la profonde ignorance qui inspire le ton dogmatique. Celui qui ne sait rien croit enseigner aux autres ce qu'il vient d'apprendre lui-même: celui qui sait beaucoup pense à peine que ce qu'il dit puisse être ignoré, et. parle plus indifféremment.

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LA BRUYÈRE.

PREJUDICES.

Every one is forward to complain of the prejudices that mislead other men and parties, as if he were free, and had none of his own. This being objected on all sides, it is agreed that it is a fault and a hindrance to knowledge. What now is the cure? No other but this, that every man should let alone others' prejudices, and examine his own.

LOCKE.

EDUCATION, STATE INTERFERENCE IN. Dans une société bien ordonnée tout invite les hommes à cultiver leurs moyens naturels : sans qu'on s'en mêle, l'éducation sera bonne. MIRABEAU.

Non opus est necessario magnatibus ad emendationem educationis; sed sufficerent privati conatus.

LEIBNITZ.

BEST METHOD OF TEACHING.

For my part, I am convinced that the method of teaching which approaches most nearly to the method of investigation is incomparably the best; since, not content with serving up a few barren and lifeless truths, it leads to the stock on which they grew.

BURKE.

THE SOUL WITHOUT EDUCATION.

I consider a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it. Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which without such helps are never able to make their appearance.

ADDISON.

EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS.

Laß deine Tochter zwar recht einwurzeln und eingreifen in das wirthschaftliche Treiben; nur halte durch Religion und durch Dichtkunst das Herz für den Himmel offen; drücke die Erde fest an die nährende Wurzel der Pflanze, aber in ihren Kelch laß keine fallen.

JEAN PAUL RICHTER.

EARLY EDUCATION.

It appears to me to be a great fault in the education of our children that we take SO little trouble to develop their senses by direct means. In teaching little children of five or six years old to read, we mis-spend time which would be most profitably employed in playfully yet earnestly training their eyes to see, and their ears to hear, and their fingers to touch.

H. A.

INFANT MODESTY.

I think that few people are aware how early it is right to respect the modesty of an infant.

HARRIET MARTINEAU.