 | 1874 - 806 pàgines
...men, and women too — from the boys and girls of elementary schools, to the candidates for honors and fellowships in the universities. I will not say...am ashamed to think how very little real knowledge iinderlny the torrent of stuff which I was able to pour out on paper. In fact, that which examination,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1881 - 372 pàgines
...and girls of elementary schools to the candidates for Honours and Fellowships in the Universities. 1 will not say that, in this case as in so many others,...takes her revenge. They do pass, and they don't know. 1 have passed sundry examinations in my time, not without credit, and I confess I am ashamed to think... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 646 pàgines
...prosperity hangs on the thread of applied science, is far behind France, and infinitely behind Germany." " Examination, like fire, is a good servant, but a bad...takes her revenge. They do pass, and they don't know. . . . Under the best of circumstances, I believe that examination will remain but an imperfect test... | |
 | John Attfield - 1882 - 118 pàgines
...imperfection of examinations that are not en rapport with a public curriculum Candidates for such examinations "work to pass, not to know; and outraged science takes her revenge. They do pass, and they don't know." (See his address on Universities : Actual and Ideal.) There is scarcely a statesman of eminence but... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 350 pàgines
...as I see more of it. Examination, like fire, is a good servant, but a bad master ; and there seems to be some danger of its becoming our master. I by...credit, and I confess I am ashamed to think how very litde real knowledge underlay the torrent of stuff which I was able to pour out on paper. In fact,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 354 pàgines
...as l see more of it. Examination, like fire, is a good servant, but a bad master ; and there seems to be some danger of its becoming our master. I by...sundry examinations in my time, not without credit, and l confess I am ashamed to think how very little real knowledge underlay the torrent of stuff which... | |
 | 1889 - 682 pàgines
...to deteriorate by the constant effort to pass this or that examination, just as men's brains become affected by the daily necessity of catching a train. " They work to pass, not to know, and outraged nature takes her revenge. They do pass, but .they don't know." In such cases as are indicated by Professor... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1895 - 450 pàgines
...than he, who can neither abolish himself as a nuisance nor maintain himself as an institution.' " * " They work to pass, not to know ; and outraged Science...takes her revenge. They do pass, and they don't know." • " A man in the right relies easily on his rectitude, and therefore goes about unarmed. His very... | |
 | 1883 - 596 pàgines
...Speaking of men who are in the unhappy position of ever preparing for, and passing examinations, he says : "They work to pass, not to know ; and outraged science...takes her revenge. They do pass, and they don't know." Prof. Max Muller, too, has said that, in his experience, the process of . cramming for examination... | |
 | George Earle Merkley - 1902 - 336 pàgines
..."Come!" But the voices of the past say " Wait ! " — Longfellow. They work to pass [their examinations], not to know; and outraged science takes her revenge. They do pass, and they don't know. — Huxley. You begin with betraying the people ; you conclude with betraying the King. — Junius.... | |
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Examination, like fire, is a good servant, but a bad master ; and there seems to me to be some danger of its becoming our master. I by no means stand alone in this opinion. Experienced friends of mine do not hesitate to say that students whose career... 
