COMPARATIVE VALUE OF SCIENCE AND GRAMMAR IN EDUCATION.
To say the least, science involves quite as good a discipline for the memory as language does. No extent of acquaintance; with the meaning of words will guarantee correct inference respecting causes and effects. The habit of drawing conclusions from data, and then,verifying jbhem by observation can alone give the
power of judging correctly. And that it necessitates this habit, is one of the immense advantages of science. The learning of language tends, if anything, still further to increase the already undue respect for authority. Such-and-such is the meaning of this word. So-and-so is the rule in this ease. The pupil’s constant atti’ude of mind is one of submission to dogmatic! teaching; and the • necessaryresult -is J a to accept without; any enquiry whatever is established, tn all its effects, learning the meaning of things is better than learning the meanings of words. Whether for intellectual, moral, or religious training, the study of surrounding phenomena is immensely superior to the study of grammars and lexicons.^—H. Spencer.
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Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 114, 18 January 1879, Page 3
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174COMPARATIVE VALUE OF SCIENCE AND GRAMMAR IN EDUCATION. Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 114, 18 January 1879, Page 3
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