The elements of moral science : with questions for examination / by Francis Wayland ; with notes and analysis / by Joseph Angus.

  • Francis Wayland
Date:
[1858?]
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Credit: The elements of moral science : with questions for examination / by Francis Wayland ; with notes and analysis / by Joseph Angus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    K EXTRACT FROM PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. much as had been previously recited in two or three days ; and should be confined to a brief analysis of the argument, with a mere mention of the illustrations. 5. As soon as the whole portion thus far recited has been reviewed, let a new review be commenced, and continued in the same manner; and thus on successively, until the work is completed. By pursuing this method, a class will, at any period of the course of study, be enabled, with the slightest effort, to recall whatever they have already acquired ; and when the work is completed, they will be able to pursue the whole thread of the argument, from the beginning to the end; and thus to retain a knowledge, not only of the individual princi - ples, but also of their relations to each other. But the advantage of this mode of study is not con- fined to that of a more perfect knowledge of this or of any other book. By presenting the whole field of thought at one view before the mind, it will cultivate the power of pursuing an extended range of argument; of examining and deciding upon a connected chain of reasoning; and will, in no small degree, accustom the student to carry forward in his own mind a train of original investigation. I have been emboldened to make these suggestions, not in the least because I suppose the present work worthy of any peculiar attention from an instructor, but simply because, having been long in the habit of pursuing this method, and having witnessed its results in my own classes, I have thought it my dut}' to suggest it to those who are engaged in the same profession with myself. Other instructors may have succeeded better with otter methods; I have succeeded best with this. Brown University, September 1835.
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