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(5) "During 1 year (aet. 17) I resided and 

 studied with my uncle [by marriage] and learnt 

 there more of the dead languages than in all 

 my school time/ 7 



(6) "My private education at home was much 

 the more valuable." 



(7) "Home and self- education developed my 

 observing faculties." 



(8) " Pretty much self-taught, but encouraged 

 to use my eyes, wits, and independent thought." 



MERITS AND DEMERITS IN EDUCATION BALANCED 

 FOUR REPLIES. 



(1) "Left to myself, and I pursued a discur- 

 sive line. As compared with ordinary schools, I 

 think self-teaching has many advantages for 

 boys of active minds ; but intelligent teaching 

 and insisting on accuracy and completeness 

 would have produced a much more efficient 



man." 



(2) "The merits of my education consisted 

 in the great number of studies connected with 



