Coleridge’s ‘captain,’ 110;
behaviour of, 113;
correlation of, 114;
instruct conscience and stimulate will, 130;
choice between, 134;
growth of, 297
Ignorance, dangers of,
1,
5,
279,
299,
310,
314;
is not incapacity, 63;
our national stumbling-block, 239;
only one cure for, 239
Imagination,
25,
259;
present in children, 11, 18, 36,
41, 50;
present in infant, 37;
may be stored with evil images, 55
Incuria of children,
52,
254,
292
India,
267
influence,
83
information
v. knowledge,
26,
184,
303,
321
initiative,
25
insincerity an outcome of ignorance,
326
integrity,
61
intellect not a class prerogative,
12;
enthroned in every child, 50
intellectual conversion,
xxv,
xxvi
intellectual appetite,
56
intelligence not a matter of inheritance and environment,
12
introspection,
66
irresponsibility characterises our generation,
313
Isaiah,
106,
309,
318
Italian, teaching of,
213
James, Professor William,
113,
114
Japan,
133;
revolution in, 306
Jewish nation, history of,
162
Joan and Peter, by H. G. Wells,
95,
252,
266
Johnson, Dr.,
143,
160;
on questions, 257
Jordan,
xxvi
judgment, power of,
259;
present in children, 9, 18
justice,
60-62
Kant,
306
Keble,
167
Kidd, Benjamin,
69
King Lear,
45,
242
Kipling, Rudyard,
89,
135,
181
Kirschensteiner, Dr. and Munich Schools,
280
knowledge, call of,
xxv;
appetite for, xxx, 10, 11,
14, 18, 20, 29,
44, 53, 57, 77,
89, 90, 92, 117,
124, 253, 255, 290,
302;
must be vital, xxx, 39, 44,
105, 154;
quantity and variety of, xxx, 11, 14,
19, 116, 123, 154,
157, 253, 256, 257,
263, 288, 289, 290;
must be literary in form, xxx, 13, 15,
18, 29, 30, 51,
91, 109, 111, 154,
160, 172, 218, 248,
256, 260, 290;
assimilation of, xxx, 12, 14,
16, 18, 155, 240,
292;
the sole concern of education, 2, 12, 93;
the necessary food of mind, 2, 18, 75,
88, 239, 256, 258;
consecutive, 7, 158, 172,
244, 261, 267;
accurate, 8;
what is? 12, 239, 254, 303;
a basis of common, for all classes, 20, 78,
264, 293, 298, 299;
not sensation, 26;
of good and evil, 46;
love of, sufficient stimulus for work, 58, 79,
98;
of God, 64, 65, 158-169,
239, 246, 254, 272,
287, 289, 310, 315,
338;
formative influence of, 65;
brings freedom, 71, 73;
depreciation of, 76, 301, 316;
is delectable, 89;
creates bracing atmosphere, 97;
v. teaching, 118;
is virtue, 127, 235;
of man, 169-218, 239, 254,
289, 315;
of the Universe, 218-234, 239, 254,
289, 316;
relativity of, and mind, 237, 240, 324;
stops friction, 238;
substitutes for, 302;
‘The source of pleasure,’ 302;
Matthew Arnold on, 239;
received with attention, and fixed by narration, 259;
not same as academic success, 266;
unifying effect of, 267;
‘Meet for the people,’ 292;
a distinction between, and scholarship, 305;
‘Letters,’ the content of, 308;
not a store but a state, 309;
of the Life, the Truth, the Way, 317;
the basis of a nation’s strength, 321;
v. information, 303, 321;
mediæval conception of, 321;
all, is sacred, 324;
a great unity, 324;
and ‘learning,’ 325;
exalteth a nation, 342
Kultur,
286
Lamb, Charles,
16,
258,
260
languages, the teaching of,
209-213,
254,
276
Latin, the teaching of,
94,
124,
155,
213
League of Nations,
169
learning, by rote,
257;
and knowledge, 325;
labour of, not decreased by narrowing curriculum, 158
Lecky, Mr., on utilitarian theory,
280
Lehrbuch zur Psychologie,
113
Leibnitz,
110,
113
Leonardo da Vinci,
54
lessons, dull routine,
44
‘Letters,’ knowledge and virtue,
307;
the vehicle of knowledge, 308;
a knowledge of, necessary, 313;
make a universal appeal, 333;
the staple of education, 334
Liberal Education, A: Practice, by A. C. Drury,
157
life, not enough for our living,
335
listening, habit of,
244
Lister,
19,
318
literary form, children must have,
xxx,
15,
18,
29,
30,
51,
91,
109,
111,
154,
160,
172,
218,
248,
256,
260,
290;
children educated out of, 13
Literature, the teaching of,
42,
43,
52,
62,
151,
157,
180-185,
254;
natural aptitude for, 91;
illustrates history, 176, 177, 180,
184, 269, 274;
a living power, 185;
and history, sole key to unintelligible world, 338;
reveals deepest things, 338
Locke,
4,
156
Logos,
330
Louis XI,
132
Louis XIV,
92
Louisa, Queen of Prussia,
306
Lugard, Lady,
314
Lysander,
109
Macbeth,
140
magnanimity,
89,
248,
268
magnetism, personal,
13,
48,
49
Magnus, Sir Philip,
280
maps,
224
Marconi,
236
Maria Theresa,
311
marks,
7,
11,
28,
52,
247,
302;
unnecessary, 45
Marx, Karl,
144
Masefield, John, on vitality of mind,
277
mathematics, the teaching of,
7,
59,
148,
151,
152,
153,
155,
230-233,
254,
256,
264,
296;
appeal to mind, 51;
beauty and truth of, 230, 334;
undue importance of, 231;
not a royal road to learning, 231;
to be studied for their own sake, 232;
success should not depend on, 232;
depend upon the teacher, 233;
badly taught, 233
matter, not the foundation of all being,
4;
and mind, 5
Memmi, Simone,
284,
322,
323
Memory,
14,
16;
mind v. word, 173, 263;
knowledge, mental not verbal, 258, 303
mental food and work not synonymous terms,
281
Method, Coleridge’s,
106,
107
method, special points of P.N.E.U.;
children do the work, 6, 19, 192,
216, 241;
teachers help, 6, 19, 241;
single reading, 6, 15, 171,
241, 258, 261, 263,
267, 291, 293, 304;
narration, 6, 15, 18,
30, 45, 65, 155,
163, 165, 172, 180,
182, 190, 191, 211,
241, 261, 272, 276,
291;
no revision, 6, 9, 15,
171, 241, 245, 262;
no special selections, 7, 244;
many books, 7, 12, 15,
30, 59, 76, 241,
267, 268, 271, 303;
children’s delight in books, 7, 19, 30,
45;
attention secured by books, 7, 13, 30,
45, 276;
consecutive knowledge, 7, 158, 172,
244, 261, 267;
takes less time, 9, 245;
no preparation, 9, 158, 245;
children occupied with things as well as books, 31;
short hours, 158;
examinations, 158, 167, 168,
171, 178, 195-209, 241-243,
262, 263, 270, 272;
children form a good style, 194;
power of dealing with names, 181, 262,
264, 294-296;
suitable for large numbers, 247;
success depends on principles, 270
‘Micawber, Mr.,’
231
‘Midas,’
267
Milton,
110,
124,
132,
159,
188,
274;
on ideal of education, 249, 268;
Areopagitica, 188
Mind, habits of,
xxix,
53,
100;
feeds on ideas, xxix, 2, 10,
15, 18, 20, 25,
39, 40, 105, 111,
117, 256, 257;
not a receptacle, xxx, 112;
a spiritual organism, xxx, 24, 38,
117;
has appetite, xxx, 10, 20,
39, 57, 89, 281;
must be fed, xxx, 5, 10,
18, 20, 24, 25,
41, 71, 105, 111,
117, 154, 236, 239,
246, 259, 263, 281,
288;
can deal with knowledge, xxx, 10, 18,
41, 72, 117;
not made up of faculties, 2, 17;
in education, 2, 6, 253;
thought alone appeals to, 2, 12, 15;
is one, 5, 41;
is spiritual, 5, 38;
action of, stimulated by desires, 11, 13,
88;
nature of, 20;
house of, 24;
must have labour of digestion, 26, 237;
the instrument of education, 36;
spiritual, v. physical brain, 38, 100,
260, 330;
amazing potentialities of, 38;
‘the unconscious,’ 38, 66, 130;
tendency to ignore, 38;
the means of living, 42;
good and evil tendencies of, 46, 49, 52;
not a chartered libertine, 49;
use of term, 66;
always conscious, 66;
heaven of, 71;
not sustained by physical or emotional activity, 72, 289;
must not be intruded upon, 130;
deals with intellectual matter without aids, 172;
potency not property characteristic of, 237;
laws of, 245, 246, 290;
behaviour of, 253;
duly fed, its activities take care of themselves, 289;
vast educability of, 289;
receives knowledge to grow, 237;
must know, 237;
wonder of, 239;
and knowledge, 240, 324;
functions for its own nourishment,
246;
of children not immature, 246;
stability of, 248;
benefits by occasional gymnastics, 255;
a crucible, cannot distil from sawdust, 257;
a deceiver ever, 257;
outer court of, 257;