The Youth's Companion and CounsellorWilliam Chambers W. & R. Chambers, 1858 - 350 pages |
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... mind , reading must be accompanied with reflection , according to our abilities ; and further , the different faculties require to be exercised in relation to their appropriate objects . All persons are not gifted by nature with ...
... mind , reading must be accompanied with reflection , according to our abilities ; and further , the different faculties require to be exercised in relation to their appropriate objects . All persons are not gifted by nature with ...
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... mind looks at a beautiful landscape , but he does not perceive its beauty ; and if we try to enlighten him , we can scarcely make him comprehend our meaning . It is true , his eyes see , but the sensations of sight have no response in ...
... mind looks at a beautiful landscape , but he does not perceive its beauty ; and if we try to enlighten him , we can scarcely make him comprehend our meaning . It is true , his eyes see , but the sensations of sight have no response in ...
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... mind be alert in receiving the benefits which it is the purpose of education to communicate . In point of fact , large numbers of youths never seem to have a clear perception of the necessity for study . To the deep concern of parents ...
... mind be alert in receiving the benefits which it is the purpose of education to communicate . In point of fact , large numbers of youths never seem to have a clear perception of the necessity for study . To the deep concern of parents ...
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... mind by going through the discipline of a well - conducted school . As will be subsequently and more fully explained , this disciplining of the mind forms one of the main reasons for studying Latin and other dead languages , and it is ...
... mind by going through the discipline of a well - conducted school . As will be subsequently and more fully explained , this disciplining of the mind forms one of the main reasons for studying Latin and other dead languages , and it is ...
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... mind in a healthy body . As an agreeable means of saving us from a too keen and unremitting cultivation of the knowing and reflecting faculties , there is assigned to us the regulated exercise of the imagination . Fatigued with poring ...
... mind in a healthy body . As an agreeable means of saving us from a too keen and unremitting cultivation of the knowing and reflecting faculties , there is assigned to us the regulated exercise of the imagination . Fatigued with poring ...
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