“The accumulation of facts, even if interesting in themselves, should not constitute the main part of education; these facts, whether they be of classical learning or knick-knacks of history, will be of little use unless the mind has been trained to see them in proper perspective.” IfsShouldMindLittlesHas BeensFactsUseInterestingEducationPerspectiveAccumulationKnackKnicks Book:Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day
“The test of education, apart from the accomplishments that secure places in an artificial system, should be this: Let the man be thrown naked on an unknown shore, and be forced to win his way amidst a new people. It may then be of little use to play cricket or to mishandle Tschaikowsky on a piano, but good physique, intelligence, and will power make their way infallibly.” PeopleMenWayShouldMayLittlesPlayUseWinningEducationHe ManTestsNakedSecurePianoAccomplishmentThrownShoreArtificialCricketWill PowerPhysique Author:Arthur Lynch
“We are heirs of the ages because throughout the ages mankind has devised and fashioned new things, and step by step added new conquests to our domain in that incessant contest with nature which means life. But we are decadent heirs if we cannot use the instruments that the ages have put into our hands. The acquisition of these, in the largest scope, is education.” IfsMeanUseHandsAgeEducationStepsMankindInstrumentsNew ThingsContestsConquestDomainScopeAcquisitionHeirsMeaning LifeIncessant Book:Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day
