 | Education - 1893 - 404 pages
...men have put on record their disapproval of their own school training: Mr. Darwin, for example, says: "Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school. The school, as a means of education to me was simply a blank." Of his education at the University of... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1905 - 1044 pages
...is altogether opposed to Darwin's views. Darwin says of his education at Shrewsbury School : — " Nothing could have been worse for the development...taught, except a little ancient geography and history " (" Life and Letters," i., 31). He was, in fact, a victim of that " premature specialisation " which... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1905 - 1018 pages
...an uncongenial task in order to pet a degree. Darwin says of his education at Shrewsbury School : " Nothing could have been worse for the development...taught, except a little ancient geography and history" ('Life and Letters,' I., 31). He was, in fact, a victim of that 'premature specialization' which is... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1887 - 588 pages
...Midsummer 1825, when I was sixteen years old. I boarded at * The house of his uncle, Josiah Wedgwood. this school, so that I had the great advantage of...history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering'any language. Especial... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1887 - 586 pages
...Midsummer 1825, when I was sixteen years old. I boarded at * The house of his uncle, Josiah Wedgwood. this school, so that I had the great advantage of...history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Autobiography - 1887 - 570 pages
...Midsummer 1825, when I was sixteen years old. I boarded at * The house of his uncle, Josiah Wedgwood. this school, so that I had the great advantage of...history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Autobiography - 1887 - 420 pages
...physiologists have, I believe, proved about each thought requiring quite an appreciable amount of time. ment of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly...history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1888 - 584 pages
...remember clearly only one other incident during this year whilst at Mr. Case's daily school,—namely, the burial of a dragoon soldier; and it is surprising...history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Autobiography - 1888 - 426 pages
...in me. In the summer of 1818 I went to Dr. Butler's great * The house of his uncle, Josiah Wedgwood. school in Shrewsbury, and remained there for seven...history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Biologists - 1888 - 586 pages
...attributed my success to the prayers and not to my quick running, and marvelled how generally I was aidecLj I have heard my father and elder sister say that I...history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial... | |
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Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except a little ancient geography and history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank.... 
