 | William Lyle - 1856 - 88 páginas
...by authority instead of demonstration. This system is now passing away; and many preceptors may be found who are of opinion that, whatever may be the...make the learner understand the principle of a rule." The Professor, however, acknowledges his work is a " hard book." It is admirably adapted for youths... | |
 | 1868 - 418 páginas
...by authority instead of demonstration. This system is now passing away, and many preceptors may be found who are of opinion that, whatever may be the...that under the present system, five years of a boy's life are partially spent in merely learning the rules contained in this treatise, and those, for the... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1869 - 566 páginas
...by authority instead of demonstration. This system is now passing away, and many preceptors may bo found who are of opinion that, whatever may be the...their pupils should always be induced to reflect upon, aud know the reason of, what they arc doing. Such I would advise not to be discouraged by the failure... | |
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... hard thing to make them think ; so hard, indeed, that masters had, within the last few years, almost universally abandoned the attempt, and taught them rules instead of principles, by authority instead of demonstration. This system is now passing... 
