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There was to be a lottery two thousand prizes were to be drawn; and the fortunate holders of the prizes were to be taught, at the charge of the Company, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Spanish, conic sections, trigonometry, heraldry, japaning, fortification, bookkeeping, and the art of playing the theorbo. The panic was forgotten till Lord Macaulay revived the memory of it.
The first languages which Barretier learned were the French, German, and Latin, which he was taught, not in the common way, by a multitude of definitions, rules, and exceptions, which fatigue the attention and burden the memory, without any use proportionate to the time which they require, and the disgust which they create.
The task of the soul is to get free of its fetters and attain to the state of Śiva. But this final deliverance is not quite the same as the identity with Brahman taught by the Vedânta: the soul becomes a Śiva, equal to the deity in power and knowledge but still dependent on him rather than identical with him.
She showed no interest and, after a critical pause, he continued: "They robbed the booth of some costumer whom the Sadducees had made rich and captured a maid whom they held until she had taught them how to use henna and kohl. So I had a garrison of swearing girls until they wearied of the fatigue of stepping mincingly and untangling their garments.
It was not for the doctrines which they taught, only or chiefly, that they were held in honour. Brave men do not fall down before their fellow-mortals for the words which they speak, or for the rites which they perform.
It was taught that all truth is beauty and that 'the most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth'. Perfection was made to depend on harmony and proportion; and moral beauty upon the harmony of the individual soul with the general system of things. Wrong action was regarded as discord, imperfection. Virtue, being a disposition toward the general harmony, necessarily meant happiness.
"Richard," she said very quietly and gravely, "I owe you more than I can ever say in English. You have taught me to speak in your tongue enough for all the usual things of life, but one can only speak from the depths of one's heart in one's native tongue.
Christine's thoughts went back inevitably to herself; to Palmer, who was doing better just now; to K., who was going away went back with an ache to the night K. had taken her in his arms and then put her away. How wrong things were! What a mess life was! "When you go away," she said at last, "I want you to remember this. I'm going to do my best, K. You have taught me all I know.
But it was his mother who led him gently towards the higher things, and opened the eyes of his understanding and the doors of his heart. She taught him more than ever the schoolmaster could, and more than most boys of his day knew.
"I had already been awake for at least half an hour," she answered. "I suppose you ride? Most of the Englishwomen I knew as a boy rode, and rode well." "My father was very anxious I should ride, and as a child I was well taught, but I have not had much opportunity of riding since I grew up."
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