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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
National characteristics, English; National characteristics, French
Education, Intellectual, French and English, 15;
superiority of Latin and Greek maintained by both, _ib._;
Latin more important in France, and Greek in England, _ib._;
antiquity and mystery of ancient languages and dignity of the
teacher, 16;
priestly character of Latin in France, _ib._;
French contempt for modern languages, 17;
present tendency to thorough study of the classics or to abandon
them, 18;
views of M. Raoul Frary and Professor Seeley as regards Latin and
Greek, _ib._;
of masters in the French _lycées_, 19;
Latin and Greek regarded as mental gymnastics, _ib._;
neglect of Greek, _ib._;
inferior study of modern languages in French schools, 20;
inferior teachers, _ib._;
neglect of English, 21;
recent reforms, _ib._;
vast improvement in teachers of modern languages in France, _ib._;
examinations and certificates, 21;
inferior teachers of modern languages in England, 22;
difficulties in appreciating foreign poetry, 23;
English difficulties with French verse, 24;
conventional ignorance of English literature in France, _ib._;
knowledge of languages apart from a knowledge of literature, 25;
hollow pretensions to superior education, 26;
diminution of libraries in France and England, 27;
superiority
of the English in a knowledge of the Bible, 27;
science more studied than literature, 28;
present varieties in French secondary education, _ib._;
old system of Napoleon I, _ib._;
the _Bifurcation_ of Fortoul’s ministry, 29;
the _Enseignement Spécial_ of Duruy’s ministry, _ib._;
present varieties, 30
Education, moral training, French and English, 39;
difficulty in ascertaining its results on character, _ib._;
personal influence of Dr. Arnold, _ib._;
national moral sense stronger in England than in France, 40;
moral influence of the Church of England superior to that of the
Roman Catholic clergy, _ib._;
clerical education only beneficial to believers, 41;
creates habits of dissimulation in unbelievers, _ib._;
turns French unbelievers into hypocrites, _ib._;
Agnostics in the French University, 42;
moral authority of the Catholic clergy wanting in lay teaching, _ib._;
moral authority of parents discouraged by the Catholic clergy, 43;
value of home influences in France, _ib._;
French boys civilised by their mothers, 44;
manners acquired in French seminaries, _ib._;
home influences and school influences in England, _ib._;
advantages of English grammar schools in the country, 45;
conflict between social morality and international immorality, _ib._;
value of public opinion as a moral authority, 46;
French disapproval of debt, and American disapproval of
idleness, _ib._;
professional virtues of soldiers and medical practitioners, _ib._
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