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" Nobody is made any thing by hearing of rules, or laying them up in his memory; practice must settle the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule; and you may as well hope to make a good painter, or musician, extempore, by a lecture and instruction... "
The art and practical application of arithmetic, by J.& T. Flint - Page 2
by John Flint (inspector of schools.) - 1862
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...of all the beet precepts of logic or oratory. 'Nobody is made anything by hearing of rules, or bying your diminished rays. ou the rule ; and you may as well hope to moke a good painter or musician, extempör«. by a lecture...
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A treatise on the conduct of the understanding. By J. Locke To which is now ...

John Locke - 1833 - 156 pages
...to it, though you should lay before him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or oratory. Nobody is made any thing by hearing of rules, or laying...the habit of doing without reflecting on the rule, and you may as well hope to make a good painter or musician extempore by a lecture and instruction...
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding ...

John Locke - Intellect - 1837 - 160 pages
...to it, though you should lay before him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or orator}'. Nobody is made any thing by hearing of rules, or laying...the habit of doing without reflecting on the rule, and you may as well hope to make a good painter or musician extempore by a lecture and instruction...
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History of the English Language and Literature

Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...though you should lay before him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or oratoiy. No body is made any thing by hearing of rules, or laying them...the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule; and you may as well hope to make a good painter or musician extempore by a lecture and instruction...
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History of the English Language and Literature

Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 pages
...though you should lay before him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or oratory. No body is made any thing by hearing of rules, or laying them...the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule; and you may as well hope to make a good painter or musician extempore by a lecture and instruction...
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The Philosophy of Language: Containing Practical Rules for Acquiring a ...

William Cramp - English language - 1838 - 276 pages
...the writings of Mr. Locke, we shall find that he entertained nearly the same view of the subject. " Nobody is made any thing by hearing of rules, or laying...the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule ; and you may as well hope to make a good painter or musician extempore, by a lecture and instruction...
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Moral and Intellectual Education

Madame Bureaud-Riofrey - Child rearing - 1843 - 252 pages
...—PUNISHMENTS — RE W ARDS—EMULATION —VIRTUE, OR THE HABtT OF DOING GOOD. " Nobody is made anything by hearing of rules or laying them up in his memory,...the habit of doing without reflecting on the rule." LOCKE. " Give not a sword to a child," says Plutarch, " nor authority to the ignorant." Authority confers...
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Philosophical Beauties Selected from the Works of Jean Locke...containing ...

John Locke - 1844 - 272 pages
...to it, though you should lay before him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or oratory. Nobody is made any thing by hearing of rules, or laying...the habit of doing without reflecting on the rule, and you may as well hope to make a good painter or musician extempore by a lecture and instruction...
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The Massachusetts Teacher, Volume 1

Education - 1848 - 398 pages
...Mr. Locke, in his Essay on the Conduct of the Human Understanding. "Nobody has made anything by the hearing of rules, or laying them up in his memory...the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule ; and you may as well expect to make a good painter or musician extempore, by a lecture or instruction...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or oratory. Nobody is made any thing by hearing rules, or laying them up in his memory; practice must...the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule ; and you may as well hope to make a good painter or musician, extempore, by merely lecturing upon...
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