"In education it is better to inspire the heart with a noble sentiment than to teach the mind a truth of science."
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Mental Science and Methods of Mental Culture (Lancaster, PA: Normal Publishing Co, 1883) ch. 2, pp. 456–7. Reported, unattributed, in Josiah H. Gilbert (ed.) Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (Troy, NY: H. B. Nims and Co, 1883) p. 531
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Edward Brooks (educator)
1831 – 1912
Edward Brooks (January 10, 1831 – June 29, 1912) was an American educator and author of numerous textbooks.
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