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The intrusive and masterful way in which natural science has been coming into our houses, factories, and industries of all sorts, compels us to pay considerable attention to the applications of science to life.

Charles Alexander McMurry

The child who draws his knowledge of science directly from life, under usual conditions, will not have much difficulty in finding it again in life and applying it to life.

Charles Alexander McMurry

A child does not want the alphabet (that is, the simple principles) of science anymore than he wants the names of the letters of the alphabet when learning to read.

Charles Alexander McMurry

Charles Alexander McMurry

Charles Alexander McMurry

Born: 1857

Died: 1929 (aged 72)

Bio: Charles Alexander McMurry was an American educator, born at Crawfordsville, Ind. He graduated at the Illinois State Normal University in 1876, and studied at the University of Michigan, and in Europe at Halle and Jena. He taught in Illinois.

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