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30 March 1815 Book 1 Chrestom Telophant Observational for Note

[10] [Antiquity] With theBetween the present degree of natural preparedness, the
antiq for the exception of the any branch of instruction in questionon the one hand, and on the other,
hand, the antiquity of it, as measured by the length of time that has elapsed
since instruction in it began first to be administered [+]the antiquity of it has attention Objects <add>thence about which </add>for each multitude</del> [+] no connection whatsoever
(unless it be by accident,
in respect of its
being taken for the subject
of casual discourse in
the family to which
the Scholar belongs.)
seems to be assignable.
and variety Numerous and various are the objects which, when once distinguishedobserved and denominated,
find the mindat the<add>very first</add> at the first dawn of ing in a state of the perfect preparedness, for
this reception, but which ever did knowing attracted attract and came
into view, consequently respective various,
but which never were distinguishedobserved, nor consequently
denominated, till within these few years. Experience, observation
and experiment - in these three words may be seen the sources
of all our knowledge. In a civilized state of society, the longer
these sources continue to flow, the more copious,- the further
back the traced, the more scanty, is found the stock of
that knowledge is found to be, and couldcan not fail to have been be.

To the infant mind, no few objects can be more interesting, —
non in of which the external characters are more readily
apprehensible, - than those which belong to the field of animated nature.
But, all except a comparatively small number of exceptions [+]2 [+]2 what knowledge
can acquaintance
have with concerning these
comparatively of being modern data

(11) [Number of the teachers and learners] TheThat on which the antiquity of
a subject of knowledge has no influence is, as above, the natural
preparedness of the juvenile mind for the reception of it. But
a circumstance, in which that antiquity has great influence,
is — the number of the persons, who, at the time in question
are engagedemployed in the teaching of it, and thence the number of those who
are employed in the learning of it: [+] Whatsoever be the real and intrinsic [+] desire to learn on
the one part, and {de}sire
to teach on the
other, being two circumstances,
of
which,
other with relation of
cause and to one another are both
of effect. With a
few exceptions (monopoly
example) whatsoever
le b
value of of learning it those who have learnt employed
it, and those who are have employed in teaching it, have each
of them an interest in magnifying it and causing it to
be cultivated to the greatest extent possible: by themselves
learners as well as teachers, have learnt lest their labour should be thought to have
been bestowed in vain teachers that the number of their customers
may be kept high as possible as great as possible. Subjects
be possible . Of all objects of
Among the known subjects of intellectual labour, not many, it is has continued to
taught and learntcultivated
the time that thwhen the
was abovementioned
which learners th
elementary branches
excepted, there
believed can be out, that have less in them of real use, than labour that was of real use is
especially study of a dead language since the stock of tranlations has been compleated
the of thanthe dead languages. Yet of these there are incomparably
a greater number of teachers, and thence of learners, than of all
other branches of learning put together, the very elementary ones, whi viz
reading, writing , and arithmetic. — Why? Because the study of those to knowledge has

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