Father And Son; Biographical Recollections

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All this had its absurd side, but I seem to perceive that it had also its value. It is, surely, a mistake to look too near at hand for the bene- fits of education. What is actually taught in early childhood is often that part of training which makes least impression on the character, and is of the least permanent importance. My labours failed to make me a zodlogist, and the multitude of my designs and my descriptions have left me helplessly ignorant of the anatomy of a sea-anemone. But I cannot
... look upon the mental discipline as useless. It taught me to concentrate my attention, to define the nature of distinctions, to see accurately, and to name what I saw. Moreover, it gave me the habit of going on with any piece of work I had in hand, jiot flagging because the interest or pictu- resqueness of the theme had declined, but pushing .187 I forth towards a definite goal, well-foreseen and limited beforehand. For almost any mtellectual emplo3anent in later life, it seems to me that this discipline was valuable.

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