Science in Public AffairsJames Edward Hand Allen, 1906 - 290 頁 |
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第 207 頁 - Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, — nor the human race, as I believe, — and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
第 112 頁 - Keep your sympathetic eye upon the originator of knowledge. Give him the freedom necessary for his researches, not overloading him, either with the duties of tuition or of administration, not demanding from him so-called practical results -- above all things, avoiding that question which ignorance so often addresses to genius, ' What is the use of your work ? ' Let him make truth his object, however unpractical for the time being it may appear.
第 96 頁 - The science of education when it develops will like other sciences rest upon direct observations of and experiments on the influence of educational institutions and methods made and reported
第 78 頁 - Scotland, thrifty, prosperous and wise ; with an ecclesiastical history 'the most perverse and melancholy in man's annals,' yet without a religious difficulty in her schools ; * having taught her children for centuries past to mind their book and get on in the world, and to be independent and upright — a lesson well learned at home and practised with great success abroad. Last...
第 87 頁 - THERE cannot fail to be a relationship between the successive systems of education, and the successive social states with which they have co-existed. Having a common origin in the national mind, the institutions of each epoch, whatever be their special functions, must have a family likeness.
第 58 頁 - Our object is so to lay out the ground that every tree may be kept, hedgerows duly considered, and the foreground of the distant view preserved, if not as open fields, yet as a gardened district, the buildings kept in harmony with the surroundings.
第 14 頁 - With regard to physical degeneracy, the children frequenting the poorer schools of London and the large towns betray a most serious condition of affairs, calling for ameliorative and arrestive measures, the most impressive features being the apathy of parents as regards the school, the lack of parental care of children, the poor physique, powers of endurance, and educational attainments of the children. . . . While there are, unfortunately, very abundant signs of physical defect traceable to neglect,...
第 67 頁 - ... the tenant members, in proportion to the rents paid by them. ' Each tenant member's share of profits is credited to him in shares instead of being paid in cash.
第 58 頁 - We propose that some of the beautiful sites round the Heath should be let to wealthy persons who can afford to pay a large sum for their land, and to have extensive gardens.
第 77 頁 - We can see England, businesslike and unphilosophical, somewhat lethargic in her prosperity, slowly realizing first the commercial advantages of education and then the possibility of applying scientific methods to the process: great in self-government, yet delegating to the localities only those powers which she intends them to use; making a working compromise at every step, and triumphantly disregarding consistency in details : strong in her sense of duty, greatly proud of her ancient institutions,...