Selected Essays On Language, Mythology And Religion
Selected Essays On Language, Mythology And Religion
Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900
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Yet who is there that is not afraid to recognise and assert this truth ? '—On Liberty, p. 188. Digitized by VjOOQIC ON FREEDOM. 501 But do not let us imagine that compulsory educa- tion is without its dangers. Like a powerful engine, it must be carefully watched, if it i» not to produce, what all compulsion will produce, a slavish recep- tivity, and, what all machines do produce, monotonous uniformity. We know that all education must in the begin- ning be purely dogmatic. Children are taught la...n- guage, religion, morality, patriotism, and afterwards at school, history, literature, mathematics, and all the rest, long before they are able to question, to judge, or choose for themselves, and there is hardly anything that a child will not believe, if it comes from those in whom the child believes. Reading, writing, and arithmetic, no doubt, must be taught dogmatically, and they take up an enor- mous amount of time, particularly in English schools. English spelling is a national misfortune, and in the keen international race among all the countries of Europe, it handicaps the English child to a degree that seems incredible till we look at statistics.
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