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" The educational abomination of desolation of the present day is the stimulation of young people to work at high pressure by incessant competitive examinations. Some wise man (who probably was not an early riser) has said of early risers in general, that... "
The Sight and how to Preserve it - Page 51
by Henry Clay Angell - 1878 - 95 pages
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Appletons' Journal, Volume 6

American literature - 1879 - 592 pages
...old adage concerning early going to bed and early rising ; while Professor Huxley is inclined to say of early risers in general that they are conceited all the forenoon and stupid all the afternoon. Of course, there are some who are firmly convinced that in the practice of vegetarianism lies the secret...
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The Common School Teacher, Volume 4

Education - 1878 - 446 pages
...he thus sets forth his views on the new departure of pushing and cramming children in our schools : "The educational abomination of desolation of the...young people to work at high pressure by incessant and competitive examinations. Some wise man (who probably was not an early riser) has said of early...
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How to Take Care of Our Eyes: With Advice to Parents and Teachers in Regard ...

Henry Clay Angell - Health & Fitness - 1878 - 94 pages
...influence. SYMPTOMS OF NEAR-SIGHT IN CHILDREN. The symptoms are similar to those mentioned on page 29 and the following pages. At school the children fail...high pressure by incessant competitive examinations. Somewise man (who probably was not an early riser) has said of early risers in general, that they are...
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Mistakes in teaching

James Laughlin Hughes - 1879 - 136 pages
...the average school have had their faculties blunted by such a course. Professor Huxley says: — " The educational abomination of desolation of the present...young people to work at high pressure by incessant and competitive examinations. Some wise man (who probably was not an early riser) has said of early...
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Handbook of Drawing

William Walker - Drawing - 1879 - 306 pages
...examinations, we cannot but agree with Professor Huxley, when, in writing on Education, he says:* — 'The educational abomination of desolation of the...young people to work at high pressure by incessant examinations. . . . They are conceited all the forenoon of life, and stupid all its afternoon.' Although...
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Popular Educator, Volume 11

Education - 1893 - 376 pages
...exbuustlveness and inadequate return*, has not been equalled by any that can be named." — Intelligence. — " The educational abomination of desolation of the present...general that they are conceited all the forenoon and ь tupid all the afternoon. How, whether this Is true of early risers In the common acceptance of the...
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Wiseman Review, Volume 98

1886 - 522 pages
...arrive at equal mental attainments. Professor Huxley, in his essay on "Technical Education," says : — The educational abomination of desolation of the present...high pressure by incessant competitive examinations The vigour and freshness, which should have been stored up for the purposes of the hard struggle for...
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How to be Happy Though Married: Being a Handbook to Marriage

Edward John Hardy - Marriage - 1886 - 332 pages
...upon its altar. "The educational abomination of desolation of the present day," says Professor Huxley, "is the stimulation of young people to work at high pressure by incessant examinations." Some wise man (who probably was not an early riser) has said of early risers in general,...
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Pacific Educational Journal, Volume 7

Education - 1890 - 578 pages
...than it should be." "The educational abomination of desolation of the present day," says Prof. Huxley, "is the stimulation of young people to work at high...conceited all the forenoon and stupid all the afternoon. It is too often true of the unhappy children who are forced to ise too early in their classes, they...
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Pedagogical Ideals as Portrayed by Leading, Living Educators: Being a ...

Jasper Bennett - Teaching - 1888 - 192 pages
...of their descent from old Adam. EARLY RISERS. PROF. HUXLEY, on one occasion said: Make haste slowly. The educational abomination of desolation of the present...incessant competitive examinations. Some wise man (who perhaps was not an early riser) has said of early risers in general, that they are conceited all the...
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