...pos'd on them as a Tajk. Whatever is fn propos'd, prefently becomes irkfbme; the Mind takes an Averfion to it, though before it were a Thing of Delight or Indifferency. Let a Child be but order'd to whip his Top at a certain Time every Day, whether he has or has not a Mind to it* let this...

...support That larden, heavier than the earth to bear ? ParjJ'uc Lett, Кип« nf the things that arc to learn, should ever be made a burden to them, or imposed on them a* a task. Locke. IVat. Riddy, helpless, left alune, To all my friends a IntrJcn gro\Mb Swift. Z- A...

...and with them these few rules observed in the method of instructing them. _ . § 73- 1' None of the things they are to learn should ever be made a burden...child be but ordered to whip his top at a certain time every day, whether he has or has not a mind to it; let this be but required of him as a duty, wherein...

...these few rules observed in the method of instructing them. § J3. 1. None of the things they are Tas]. to learn should ever be made a burden to them, or...child be but ordered to whip his top at a certain time every day, whether he has or has not a mind to it ; let this be but required of him as a duty, wherein...

...authority when reason alone would fail, I shall quote his words : — " None of the things they Qpupils] are to learn, should ever be made a burden to them,...to it, though before it were a thing of delight or indifference. Let a child be ordered to whip his top at a certain time every day, whether he has or...

...authority when reason alone would fail, I shall quote his words : — " None of the things they QpupilsJ are to learn, should ever be made a burden to them,...to it, though before it were a thing of delight or indifference. Let a child be ordered to whip his top at a certain time every day, whether he has or...

...down the rules of instruction to be pursued in order to effect this object, — as, that " none of the things they are to learn should ever be made a burden to them," — and that the " favourable seasons of aptitude and inclination" for their different studies should...

...down the rules of instruction to be pursued in order to effect this object,— as, that ",none of the things they are to learn should ever be made a burden to them, rt —and that the " favourable seasons of aptitude and inclination" for their different studies should...

...expressed. Speaking of a duly that must be fulfilled, he says, " It should not be made a burden or imposed as a task. Whatever is so proposed presently becomes...before it were a thing of delight or indifferency. * * * What men do cheerfully of themselves, do they not presently become sick of, and can no more endure...

...philosophers alone, but men of common discernment at all times have observed, ' Whatever is imposed as a task presently becomes irksome : the mind takes an aversion...before it were a thing of delight or indifferency.'* And if this be indisputably the result when things indifferent, or even delightful, become matters...