James Russell Lowell Quote

Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get intellectual bread.


Fireside Travels (ed. 1864)


Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get...

Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get...

Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get...

Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get...