 | 1899 - 430 σελίδες
...urge it. "It would be utterly contrary to the beautiful economy of nature," says Mr. Herbert Spencer, "if one kind of culture were needed for the gaining...and another kind were needed as a mental gymnastic." With this the Committee of Fifteen seem to be in entire agreement, when they affirm that in the choice... | |
 | 1859 - 620 σελίδες
...is best for the other. We may be quite sure that the acquirement of those classes of facts which are most useful for regulating conduct, involves a mental...and another kind were needed as a mental gymnastic. Every where throughout creation we find faculties developed through the performance of those functions... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 σελίδες
...is best for the other. We may be quite sure that the acquirement of those classes of facts which are most useful for regulating conduct, involves a mental...and another kind were needed as a mental gymnastic. Every where throughout creation we find faculties developed through the performance of those functions... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1863 - 902 σελίδες
...PURPOSES ОГ DISCIPLINE. 7. We may be quite sure that the acquirement of those classes of facta which are most useful for regulating conduct, involves a mental...economy of Nature, if one kind of culture were needed foi the gaining of information and another kind were needed as a mental gymnastic. Everywhere throughout... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1863 - 898 σελίδες
...PURPOSES OF IHSCII-MN K. 7. We may be quite sure that the acquirement of those classes of facts which are most useful for regulating conduct, involves a mental...best fitted for strengthening the faculties. It would bo utterly contrary to the beautiful economy of Nature, if one kind of culture were needed for the... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1863 - 904 σελίδες
...Of DISCIPLINE. 7. We may be quite sure that the acquirement of those classes of facts which are moat useful for regulating conduct, involves a mental exercise...best fitted for strengthening the faculties. It would bo utterly contrary to the beautiful economy of Nature, if one kind of culture were needed for the... | |
 | 1867 - 546 σελίδες
...DISCIPLINARY VALUE OF SCIENCE. We may be quite sure that the acquirement of those classes of facts which are most useful for regulating conduct, involves a mental...and another kind were needed as a mental gymnastic. — Herbert Spmcir. means of mental discipline. In other words, the utility of knowledge is made the... | |
 | 1868 - 478 σελίδες
...it I shall notice but one other fallacy in the Spencerian theory, and that is the assertion that " it would be utterly contrary to the beautiful economy...and another kind were needed as a mental gymnastic." "The red Indian," we are told, "acquires the swiftness and agility which make him a successful hunter,... | |
 | Robert Hebert Quick - 1868 - 360 σελίδες
...Spencer dismisses briefly. ' It would be utterly contrary to the beautiful economy of nature,' he says, ' if one kind of culture were needed for the gaining...and another kind were needed as a mental gymnastic.' But it seems to me that different subjects must be used to train the faculties at different stages... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1891 - 760 σελίδες
...fitted for strengthening the faculties." and that it would not " be utterly contrary to the lieantiftil economy of nature if one kind of culture were needed for the gaining of information and another kind for a mental gymnastic," the time which the great majority give to school work is too short to dwell... | |
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We may be quite sure that the acquirement of those classes of facts which are most useful for regulating conduct, involves a mental exercise best fitted for strengthening the faculties. It would be utterly contrary to the beautiful economy of Nature,... 
