...aim at, and in consequence lays down the following course of study for the teacher of his school : " Now, what I want is facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Plant nothing else ; root out everything else. You can only form the minds: of reasoning animals upon...

...aim at, and in consequence lays down the following conree of study for the teacher of his school : "Now, what I want is facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Plant nothing else; root out everything else. You can only form the mind? of reasoning animals upon...

...les remplir jusqu'au bord '. 1. " Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach thèse boys and girls nothing bul Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root oui everything else. You can only form thé minds of reasoning animais upon Facts : nothing else will...

...M'Choakumchild. We do not agree with the former's assertions : " Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else....nothing else will ever be of any service to them. In this life, we want nothing but Facts." But can we be so sure that our methods and aims do not merit...

...representative than that of Thomas Gradgrind, " the man of facts and calculations," whose favorite words are, " Now, what I want, is facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are needed in life. Plant nothing else ; root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning...

...though it was entirely satisfactory to Thomas Gradgrind, the examiner on the occasion, who believed that 'facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else : ' 'Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely, twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve...

...opened. The government officer was present to examine it. Mr. Gradgrind made a short opening address: " Now, what I want is facts. Teach these boys and girls...the principle on which I bring up my own children, arid this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to facts, sir! " line on the schoolmaster's...

...intensely practical, utilitarian stamp as himself, he tells the teacher, Mr. M'Choakumchild, — " Now, what I want Is facts. Teach these boys and girls...are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out every thing else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon facts : nothing else will ever...

..."~1^ "yOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys i^^k and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone I ^« are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out...of reasoning animals upon Facts : nothing else will be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the...

...education.' We seem to have accepted in deadly earnest Dickens' ironical exhortation in " Hard Times " : " Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts...life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else "; and as the result of this we see boys and girls, and men and women, for whom devotion, inspiration,...