My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory. He strove to make the understanding not only go along with every step of the teaching but...precede it.


Autobiography... Third edition (ed. 1874)


My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory. He strove to make the understanding not only go along ...

My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory. He strove to make the understanding not only go along ...

My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory. He strove to make the understanding not only go along ...

My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory. He strove to make the understanding not only go along ...