"History . . . is thought in action. The history of the future will be thought in action. We can fully share in the history of the past only be reading, or by hearing, about it" (Eric Partridge, English, 11).
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Showing posts with label Eric Partridge. Show all posts
Monday, June 9, 2014
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Words = Tools
"Obviously, then, we must possess a store of words and we must understand those words; they are the tools of all our thinking" (Eric Partridge, English, 10).
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Teacher
"If a teacher cannot strike sparks from the anvil of young, impressionable, fresh and lively minds, then he should not be teaching. If he is so set upon his own ideas that he cannot, or will not, welcome the ideas of others, then he should not be teaching. If he cannot prepare for his pupils a plentiful supply of examples and exercises to supplement those example and exercises which the author of this or that Course has furnished, then he should not be teaching. As a teacher he would make an excellent undertaker. All those requisites which I have mentioned are well within the range of the averagely intelligent teacher" (Eric Partridge, English, 8).
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