In the School-Room: Chapters in the Philosophy of EducationHart, John S. (John Seely)
Philosophy
In the School-Room: Chapters in the Philosophy of Education
Hart, John S. (John Seely)
Teaching
_Adequate_--A land animal; "An elephant is an adequate."
_Transition_--The act of transcribing; "The transition of that book
was gaining ground in the public mind."
_Gregarious_--Pertaining to idols; "The Sandwich Islands worship
gregarious." Pertaining to an oak; "The Druids were noted for their
gregarious exercises." Consisting of grain. Grass-eating. Full of
talk. Full of color.
_Propensity_--Dislike; "He had a propensity to study."
_Artificially_--Belonging to flowers.
_Fluctuation_--coming in great numbers; "There was a great
fluctuation of emigrants." Setting on fire. Beating.
_Odium_--That you have a great tact at anything; "Your odium is
very great." A poisonous herb. Pertaining to song; "He was an
odium writer." A sweet smell; "The odium of new-mown hay."
_Transverse_--To turn over; "Transverse that bucket and see what is
in it." To change from verse; "Some writers change books from
transverse to verse." To verse again; "He transversed his copy." To
spread abroad; "They transverse the Bible."
_Utility_--Relating to the soil; "The ground it remarkable for its
utility."
_Quadruple_--Relating to birds; "There was a number of quadruple."
_Alternate_--Not ternate.
_Menace_--A tare in the flesh; "The dog caused a menace in John's
arm."
_Vital_--Relating to death; "Vital spark of heavenly flame."
_Intrinsic_--not trinsic. Weak, feeble; "He was a very intrinsic
old man."
_Subservient_--One opposed to the upholding of servants. Stubborn;
"On account of the boy being subservient he was turned out of
school."
_Perfidy_--Trust; not to cheat; "Such a man is perfidy; that is,
everything can be trusted to him." Accessible; "Some persons have a
great deal of perfidy."
_Access_--Intermission; "Joseph had access of his teacher to go
into the room."
_Vicinity_--In the same direction; "Pekin is in the vicinity of
Philadelphia."
_Subsequent_--Preceding; "The subsequent chapter."
_Infectious_--To make fectious.
_Exquisite_--To be in a quisitive manner. To help. To find out.
Talkative. Not required.
_Mingle_--To tear in pieces.
_Deride_--To ride down.
_Manifold_--Made by the hand. Pertaining to man; "Forgive our
manifold sins."
I have failed entirely in the general drift of this chapter, if I have
not made it obvious that the principle which I have been attempting to
illustrate is one of singularly pervading influence, and of most various
and manifold applications. The subject is indeed eminently suggestive.
One single additional line of illustration, however, must suffice. I
refer to the application of this principle to what may be called the
incidentals of teaching and training.
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