 This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes...  The Popular Educator - Σελίδα 4051855Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1855 - 436 σελίδες
...furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge : it is thinking that makes what we read ours. "VVe are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections : we must chew them over again. — Channing. OHIO JOURNAL OP EDUCATION. MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENT. EDITED... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 σελίδες
...not always so. Reading only furnishes the mind with the materials of knowledge: it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough that wo cram ourselves with a great load of collections. Unless we chew them over again, they will... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1854 - 280 σελίδες
...one, of pouring in knowledge at eye and ear. A master of the subject says, — " Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is...a great load of collections ; unless we chew them once again they will not give us strength and nourishment. ... To which let me add, that this way of... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 536 σελίδες
...are thought to understand every thing too ; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind »nly with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes...great load of collections, unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are, indeed, in some writers visible instances... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 560 σελίδες
...kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over again they will not give us strength and nourishment....are indeed in some writers visible instances of deep thoughts, close and acute reasoning, and on a very solemn occasion, to indulge in this quaint humour.... | |
 | 1854 - 862 σελίδες
...the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is making what we read ours. We are of the rnminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chow them once again they will not give ns strength and nourishment To which let me add, that this... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1854 - 610 σελίδες
..." Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge," says Locke : " it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is in .vain to cram ourselves ; unless we chew over again, we shall derive no strength or nourishment... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 σελίδες
...not always *l• Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating...great load of collections ; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. — John Locke. 156. This is to be exactly observed,... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 σελίδες
...is not always so. Beading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating...great load of collections; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment,— John Locke. 156. This is to be exactly observed,... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1856 - 754 σελίδες
...materials of knowledge ; it is thinking makes them ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and itis notenough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections ; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are, indeed, in some writers, visible... | |
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