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...nd such who have shook off the prejudices that usually cling to a confined education. To which I answer, that men should be cautious how they raise ob... ...ce taken to remove those prejudices, by an entire change in the methods of education, that (with honour I mention it to our polite innovators) the you... ...ls out, are all Chris tians, and many of them, by the prejudices of their education, so bigoted as to place a sort of pride in the appellation. If, u... ...on, sin gularity, positiveness, or some other vice, the effect of a wrong education. To be vain is rather a mark of humility than pride. Vain men del...

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...would certainly have taken to literature and have written reviews; but his education had not been liberal. He had read some novels from the adjoining ... ...n his position, as if he had had a very large amount of money spent on his education. He was not a man to fall in love in the wrong place; and so, he ...

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...erior effects. The two masters were not robbed. Finally Fougeres ended his education with Duval-Lecamus. During these studied and these different tran...

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...them of infant schools and houses of industry, in which a system of virtuous education, based upon sound principles, should be observed, and moral pre... ...nce of some Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 29 general plan of education, to be sanctioned by Parliament, until such time as the more in... ...e had made with great difficulty and labour, regard ing the state of infant education among the middle classes of London. He found that, within a cir... ...idering it a matter of the deepest im portance, in connection with national education, that the people should not lose such opportunities of making t...

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...I hold in the military service one needs to be of good family and possess an education much above the common to be worthy of the place. I am the best ... ...an some other mothers; for they let her take lots of risks, and it is a good education for her; and the more risks she takes and comes successfully ou...

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... his ducats and his daughter or his son, reared at college, who, with more education than his father, raises higher his ambitious gaze. Often the son ... ...avishing faces of young people, the fruit of quite exceptional manners and education. T o the youthful beauty of the English stock they unite the firm... ...ege in ten. Then the great man, by name the Abbe de Maronis, completed the education of his pupil by making him study civilization under all its aspec... ...l creature, who held to the houris of Asia by her mother, to Europe by her education, to the tropics by her birth, seemed to him merely one of those d...

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...ur name and parentage. PERICLES: A gentleman of Tyre; my name, Pericles; My education been in arts and arms; Who, looking for adventures in the world... ...t find At Tarsus, and by Cleon train’d In music, letters; who hath gain’d Of education all the grace, Which makes her both the heart and place Of gene...

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...nts, together with the daily expenses of the household, and the cost of an education for which nothing was spared, absorbed the whole family income, i... ... high tide. Du Croisier caught a glimpse of his revenge in the anoma- lous education given to the lad. He hoped, to quote the ex- pressive words of th... ...gh spirit, a won- derful aptitude of comprehension, and a good memory. His education, therefore, had been complete. He knew a good deal more than is u... ...vely above their in- tellects, cavalierly enough. Such gifts of nature and education surely would one day realize the Marquis d’Esgrignon’s ambi- tion... ...on which the town came to admire in the end; and this interest was Emile’s education. The child of love was a bright and pretty boy, while Joseph was ... ... virtues with the heroic ideals of the noble, enlightening both by a solid education. Victurnien was not well looked upon at Court; there was no more ...

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...ife, steels himself to every moral or physi- cal perception—an involuntary education which subsequently brings forth fruit both in the understanding a... ...e Revolution, the Oratorians, de- voted, like the Society of Jesus, to the education of youth— succeeding the Jesuits, in fact, in certain of their es... ...ieve, turned out a certain number of cadets for the army. The abolition of educational bodies, decreed by the convention, had but little effect on the... ...us Order, ac- commodated all the school. Contrary to the usual practice in educational institutions, we were allowed to talk at our meals, a tolerant ... ...customed to live in the open air, and to the freedom of a purely haphazard education, happy in the tender care of an old man who was devoted to him, u... ... effect on the constitution of royal personages when the faults of such an education are not counteracted by the life of the battle-field or the labor... ...nly illumination, throws such a light on the third phase of his 57 Balzac education as enables us to understand it perfectly. As we read these lines,... ...l- liant discoveries, diluted to last several hours, constitute the higher education which is to lead to giant strides in human knowledge. “If the Gov...

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...future of conscription, of the future of the temporary of- ficer, upon the education of boys in relation to army needs. But the war itself was bearing... ...e outcome of our social injustices. They are the failures of our social ad educational systems. We may regret their pitiful degradation, we may exoner... ...have the leisure to learn something about the general state of opinion and education in their dioceses. The Bishop of London was evidently unaware of ... ...s Anglican com- promise is like a cold in the English head, and the higher education in England is a training in evasion. This is an al- ways lamentab... ...two undistinguished civil service commissioners can hold up the scientific education of our entire adminis- trative class?” M. Reinach protested furth... ...n exceedingly tough and tight skin…. Nothing is more illuminating and self-educational than to explain one’s home politics to an intelligent foreigner... ...he whole a very able and right-spirited book. It calls for more and better education, for more scien- tific methods, for less class suspicion and more... ... Hohenzollern the abandonment of his dreams, the repudiation of the entire education and training of Germany for half a century. When we realise the f... ...ess of thought and conviction, it may sow the world with organisations and educational movements considerable enough to grapple with an either arrest ...

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... to her dear Archbishop—and severely repressed by an exclusively religious education, and by her mother’s despo- tism, which held her rigidly to princ... ...n a muslin frock, her hair plainly dressed, and had bronze kid shoes. This education, and her own modest demeanor, hid in Rosalie a spirit of iron. Ph... ... “While all the world is sleeping, he is awake—like God!” thought she. The education of girls brings with it such serious problems— for the future of ... ... about fifteen thousand francs, resolving to devote the whole of it to the education of her son, so as to give him all the personal advantages that mi... ...ht Gina with her. Francesca Colonna’s lightest actions betrayed a superior education and the highest social rank. By the way in which she took her pla... ...outh, even the most futile, is of use. If my wife had not received a man’s education—an unheard-of thing in Italy—I should have been obliged to chop w...

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...t social accident, that sub-providence, having willed that they be without education and devoid of the talent of observation, it follows that they are... ...ate it successfully,” said Joseph Bridau. “No. Without being neglected, my education was purely commercial; but I have so profound and delicate a sens... ...o the “demi-bourse,” or scholarship, by which he (Oscar) had ob- tained an education, was due to the Comte de Serizy. Most of this would now cease. Mo... ...ther bow-legged nor crooked, after sacrificing ev- erything to give him an education, it would be hard if I could not see him on the road to fortune.”... ...en? Your mother has well ful- filled her duty towards you. She gave you an education; she placed you on the right road, and secured you a career. You ... ...nd of ten years, dowries to young girls, annuities to old men; it pays the education of children, and takes charge, in short, of the fortunes of every...

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... had never been to a play; the churches of Paris were their theatre. Their education in their mother’s house had been as rigorous as it would have bee... ...apparently, “Not so fast, or we shall seem to be amusing ourselves.” Their education did not go beyond the limits imposed by confessors, who were chos... ...mselves would have preferred a less virtuous and more amiable mother. This education bore its natural fruits. Religion, imposed as a yoke and pre- sen... ...rated while living under one roof. The fa- ther had taken upon himself the education of his sons, leav- ing that of the daughters to his wife. He saw ... ...r so seldom seen, and love follows of- ten upon pity. This stern and rigid education was the cause of the mar- riages of the two sisters welded togeth... ...im. In exchange, his mind was now set on obtaining a chair on the Board of Education and a place in the Council of State; the whole adorned with the c...

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...egant and accurate scholarship which was the characteristic of the highest education of their day, their boyhood and youth were full of the unstained ... ...brother and Mr. Hornby. It was then that, as he afterwards wrote, his real education began, partly from the opening of his mind by the wonders of natu... ...at these, principally applying it to New Test. Greek, LXX, &c. But my real education began, I think, with my first foreign trip. It seems as if there ... ...ent without doing his utmost to pro- mote God’s work in the Church and for education; who had, moreover, strong opinions derived from experience of th... ...es I have put that can furnish matter for fair argu- ment, with a man from education, &c., disposed to take a different view of the whole question? Ad... ...who had joined the Bishop to act as Archdeacon and assist in the scheme of education; and here it was planned that the young Melanesians should be tra... ...d, where the native boys were brought to St. John’s College. The system of education there combined ag- ricultural labour and printing with study, and... ...e Bay of Islands to Cape Brett, and along the land south *Left at home for education. 107 Yo n g e of it. A fine coast it is, full of fine harbours a... ...s really all that is necessary for a thoroughly good and complete place of education; the hall all lined with kauri pine wood, a large handsome room, ...

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...ll things outside his line of duty the man was no other than a brawling, bruising ignorant pillar of low 15 Stevenson pothouses. As a gentleman by bi... ...e, indeed, than eighteenpence a month, the customary figure, being a mi- ser in the grain; but because I liked his breakfasts and (to some extent) him... ... held a book upsidedown would have torn the pages out for pipe-lights. For I must repeat again that our body of prisoners was exceptional: there was i... ...proud to be engaged at the head of such soldiers.’ ‘I know that,’ he said; ‘I think of nothing else. I think shame to be dangling here at home and goi... ...ill I remembered there was a town so called in the province of Cornwall, thought I might yet be glad to claim it for my place of origin, and decided f... ...lieve I can tell a Frenchman in ten words.’ ‘Here is a puzzle for you, then!’ he said. ‘I have no ma- terial doubt myself, but some of these gentlemen... ...of these gentlemen are more backward. The lack of education, you know. I make bold to say that a man cannot walk, cannot hear, and cannot 114 St. Ive... ...way that’s right English—and that’s man to man. Take off your coat, sir, and these gentlemen shall see fair play.’ At this there came a look in his ey... ...lly. ‘And a very holy one, as you observe,’ I continued. ‘He did an infinity of good, and through all the Terror kept himself from the guillotine. He ...

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...t. We make him an allowance to live on. He is not stupid. Had quite a good education, thanks to my father. But he has gone quite off the track—I think... ...n talk things over further. I should like to tell you a few of my views on education. We can also decide when to start.” Sipiagin took Nejdanov’s hand... ...pretty girl who died on the day of Nejdanov’s birth. He received his early education in a board- ing school kept by a certain Swiss, a very energetic ... ...e diplomatic service, for which he was cut out by his personal appearance, education, knowledge of the world, and his success with women. Mais quitter... ...he might talk to him seriously about her son, get to know his views on the education of Russian chil- dren. It might have seemed a little curious that... ...in which he bitterly regretted his incapacity, putting it down to the vile education he had received and to his hope- lessly aesthetic nature! He sudd... ...athering forces! Learning is light, ignorance is darkness—I had a wretched education myself, but I understand things; that’s how I’ve got on!” It seem... ...stood by a simple illiterate merchant? They are not suffering from lack of education and one might even claim, without any exaggeration, that they are... ...er extreme youth, her passionate temperament, and the defects of her early education. In the same way she also, with- out any hidden motive, blamed he...

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...er situation, the minister, her father, having bestowed great pains on her education. She was aught drawing, singing, and to play on the theorbo; had ... ... much neglected: this certainly was a fault which cannot be justified. His education and morals suffered by this neglect, and he acquired the habits o... ...lly attributed to nature, but are in reality the effects of an injudicious education. I had the faults common to my age, was talkative, a glutton, and... ...e and enjoyment, pleasure and prudence, equally to shun me. This course of education was interrupted by an accident, whose consequences influenced the... ...rn Latin, with all the insig- nificant trash that has obtained the name of education. Two years spent in this village softened, in some degree, my Rom... ...remembrance, only to transform them into so many Miss Lamberciers. If ever education was perfectly chaste, it was certainly that 21 Rousseau I receiv... ... rake without a degree of disdain mingled with terror. These prejudices of education, proper in themselves to re- tard the first explosions of a combu... ...ge his amusements for the sake of instructing his family, consequently our education was neglected. My aunt was a devotee, who loved singing psalms be... ...ot very amusing, but they serve to demonstrate that the former part of our education was well directed, since being, at such an early age, the abso- l...

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...s of Mr. Polly’s being, moved a larger and vaguer distress. The elementary education he had acquired had left him with the impression that arithmetic ... ...He began only to have distinctive memories of himself in the time when his education had already begun. I remember seeing a picture of Education—in so... ...un. I remember seeing a picture of Education—in some place. I think it was Education, but quite conceivably it represented the Empire teaching her Son... ... and the disciplined strength that is becoming in knights and rulers…. The education of Mr. Polly did not follow this picture very closely. He went fo... ...ve replaced. At fourteen, when he emerged from the valley of the shadow of education, there survived something, indeed it survived still, obscured and... ... distracted from any mortuary broodings, even if a wordy warfare about the education of the modern young woman had not sprung up between Uncle Pentste...

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... little at her death; but she had given him that too common and incomplete education which produces so much ambition and so little ability. A few days... ...the fam- ily, for dress precedes everything; then see what remains for the education of the children (a girl of eight and a boy of nine, whose mainten... ...ul as the other in an arena outside of which each lords it in his own way. Education, equally distributed through the masses, brings the son of a port... ...not to grieve over the fall of an able man is the result of our melancholy education, of our manners and customs which drive men of intellect into dis... ...eix, a thickset, swarthy, active young fellow, of shrewd principles, whose education she was superintend- ing. The said education, according to her id... ... kept together on a widow’s pension of seven hundred francs a year—for the education of the son, who was just out of college, had absorbed all her sav...

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...ng they supposed. And then, how charming to be entrusted with the care and education of children! Whatever others said, I felt I was fully competent t... ...ttain- ments,’ said she, ‘for I have had so little time to attend to their education myself, and we have thought them too young for a governess till n... ...These, however, I would fain persuade myself were rather the effect of her education than her disposition: she had never been perfectly taught the dis... ... that he made but little progress during the two years I had charge of his education. His minute portions of Latin grammar, &c., were to be repeated o... ... little tormentor was despatched to school; his father declaring that home education was ‘no go; for him, it was plain; his mother spoiled him outrage... ...ith either of the young ladies; for they, chiefly owing to their defective education, comported themselves towards their in- feriors in a manner that ... ... father. Our children, Edward, Agnes, and little Mary, promise well; their education, for the time being, is chiefly committed to me; and they shall w...