The Fifth Reader (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Fifth Reader

But these or any other desirable ends to be derived from such a book imply, of course, that its selections shall be of the right stamp. Not alone must they inculcate wholesome truths, but they must do this in a genial, attractive way. We must interest the pupil in order to benefit him. A pitiful martyrdom is endured by teachers and scholars where weary hours are spent in endeavoring to make chil dren comprehend abstractions fit only for the mind of a Bacon, or to urge them through intricacies of style which might bewilder a Johnson. If wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, as we surely believe, that cannot be the wisest course which proves irksome and repulsive.

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