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Updated: May 20, 2025
If, however, they will consider that the all-important knowledge of surrounding objects which a child gets in its early years is got without help if they will remember that the child is self-taught in the use of its mother tongue if they will estimate the amount of that experience of life, that out-of-school wisdom, which every boy gathers for himself if they will mark the unusual intelligence of the uncared-for London gamin, as shown in whatever directions his faculties have been tasked if, further, they will think how many minds have struggled up unaided, not only through the mysteries of our irrationally-planned curriculum, but through hosts of other obstacles besides; they will find it a not unreasonable conclusion that if the subjects be put before him in right order and right form, any pupil of ordinary capacity will surmount his successive difficulties with but little assistance.
"And do you write themes?" said she "We always wrote themes once every week, at Suxberry House, which I used to hate of all things, for I never could find any thing to say it made me hate writing, I know; but that's all over now; thank goodness, I've done with themes, and French letters, and exercises, and translations, and all those plaguing things; and now I've left school for ever, I may do just as I please that's the best of going to school; it's over some time or other, and there's an end of it; but you that have a governess and masters at home, you go on for ever and ever, and you have no holidays either; and you have no out-of-school hours; you are kept hard at it from morning till night: now I should hate that of all things.
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