CONCLUSION|ThoughIamnowcometoaconclusionofwhatobviousremarkshavesuggestedtomeconcerningeducation,IwouldnothaveitthoughtthatIlookonitasajusttreatiseonthissubject.Thereareathousandotherthingsthatmayneedconsideration,especiallyifoneshouldtakeinthevarioustempers,differentinclinations,andparticulardefaults,thataretobefoundinchildren,andprescribeproperremedies.Thevarietyissogreat,thatitwouldrequireavolu...[
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TRAVEL|Thelastpartusuallyineducationistravel,whichiscommonlythoughttofinishtheworkandcompletethegentleman.Iconfess,travelintoforeigncountrieshasgreatadvantages;butthetimeusuallychosentosendyoungmenabroad,is,Ithink,ofallother,thatwhichrendersthemleastcapableofreapingthoseadvantages.Thosewhichareproposed,astothemainofthem,maybereducedtothesetwo:first,language;secondly,animprovementinwisdomandprudenc...[
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TRADE|Ihaveonethingmoretoadd,whichassoonasImention,IshallrunthedangerofbeingsuspectedtohaveforgotwhatIamabout,andwhatIhaveabovewrittenconcerningeducation,alltendingtowardsagentleman'scalling,withwhichatradeseemswhollytobeinconsistent.Andyet,Icannotforbeartosay,Iwouldhavehimlearnatrade,amanualtrade;nay,twoorthree,butonemoreparticularly.技藝|我還要提一件事,不過一旦說出之後,我就會被人懷疑忘乎所...[
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LATIN|Butunderwhosecaresoeverachildisputtobetaughtduringthetenderandflexibleyearsofhislife,thisiscertain,itshouldbeonewhothinksLatinandlanguagetheleastpartofeducation;one,whoknowinghowmuchvirtue,andawell-temperedsoul,istobepreferredtoanysortoflearningorlanguage,makesithischiefbusinesstoformthemindofhisscholarsandgivethatarightdisposition:which,ifoncegot,thoughalltherestshouldbeneglected,would,indu...[
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FRENCH|AssoonashecanspeakEnglish,itistimeforhimtolearnsomeotherlanguage:thisnobodydoubtsof,whenFrenchisproposed.Andthereasonis,becausepeopleareaccustomedtotherightwayofteachingthatlanguage,whichisbytalkingitintochildreninconstantconversation,andnotbygrammaticalrules.TheLatintonguewouldeasilybetaughtthesameway,ifhistutor,beingconstantlywithhim,wouldtalknothingelsetohim,andmakehimanswerstillinthesam...[
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LEARNING|Youwillwonder,perhaps,thatIputlearninglast,especiallyifItellyouIthinkittheleastpart.Thismayseemstrangeinthemouthofabookishman;andthismakingusuallythechief,ifnotonlybustleandstiraboutchildren,thisbeingalmostthatalonewhichisthoughton,whenpeopletalkofeducation,makesitthegreaterparadox.WhenIconsider,whatadoismadeaboutalittleLatinandGreek,howmanyyearsarespentinit,andwhatanoiseandbusinessitmake...[
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BREEDING|Thenextgoodqualitybelongingtoagentleman,isgoodbreeding.Therearetwosortsofill-breeding:theoneasheepishbashfulness,andtheotheramis-becomingnegligenceanddisrespectinourcarriage;bothwhichareavoidedbydulyobservingthisonerule,nottothinkmeanlyofourselves,andnottothinkmeanlyofothers.教養|一個紳士的另一個好品質是良好的教養。教養不良有兩種:一種是羞怯靦腆,另一種是不檢點和行為無禮;避免這兩種情況隻...[
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WISDOM|WisdomItakeinthepopularacceptation,foraman'smanaginghisbusinessablyandwithforesightinthisworld.Thisistheproductofagoodnaturaltemper,applicationofmind,andexperiencetogether,andsoabovethereachofchildren.Thegreatestthingthatinthemcanbedonetowardsit,istohinderthem,asmuchasmaybe,frombeingcunning;which,beingtheapeofwisdom,isthemostdistantfromitthatcanbe:andasanapeforthelikenessithastoaman,wan...[
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ThisiswhatIhavethought,concerningthegeneralmethodofeducatingayounggentleman;which,thoughIamapttosupposemayhavesomeinfluenceonthewholecourseofhiseducation,yetIamfarfromimaginingitcontainsallthoseparticularswhichhisgrowingyears,orpeculiartemper,mayrequire.Butthisbeingpremisedingeneral,weshall,inthenextplace,descendtoamoreparticularconsiderationoftheseveralpartsofhiseducation.這是我能想到的關於教育一...[
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LYING|Lyingissoreadyandcheapacoverforanymiscarriage,andsomuchinfashionamongallsortsofpeople,thatachildcanhardlyavoidobservingtheuseismadeofitonalloccasions,andsocanscarcebekeptwithoutgreatcarefromgettingintoit.Butitissoillaquality,andthemotherofsomanyillonesthatspawnfromit,andtakeshelterunderit,thatachildshouldbebroughtupinthegreatestabhorrenceofitimaginable.Itshouldbealways(whenoccasionallyitcome...[
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