'You cannot mark a human mind,' she said, 'because there is no intellectual unit;' and upon taking up her duties as professor she stipulated that she should not be held responsible for a strict application of the system." "July, 1887.

My students used to say that my way of teaching was like that of the man who said to his son, 'There are the letters of the English alphabet--go into that corner and learn them.' "It is not exactly my way, but I do think, as a general rule, that teachers talk too much! A book is a very good institution! To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.

The fashion of lecturing is becoming a rage; the teacher shows herself off, and she does not try enough to develop her pupils.
"The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study....
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Not too much mechanical apparatus--let the imagination have some play; a cube may be shown by a model, but let the drawing upon the blackboard represent the cube; and if possible let Nature be the blackboard; spread your triangles upon land and sky.
"One of my pupils always threw her triangles on the celestial vault above her head....
"A small apparatus well used will do wonders.

A celebrated chemist ordered his servant to bring in the laboratory--on a tray! Newton rolled up the cover of a book; he put a small glass at one end, and a large brain at the other--it was enough.
* * * * * "When a student asks me, 'What specialty shall I follow ?' I answer, 'Adopt some one, if none draws you, and wait.' I am confident that she will find the specialty engrossing.
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