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The Object of a Liberal Education

By Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Huxley believed that if schools did not ground their pupils in common sense, life’s examinations would be painful.

The Perils of the Learned

By Al-Ghazali

Persian scholar Al-Ghazali feared for any country where morals were lagging behind brains.

How to Learn a Language

By William Cobbett

When William Cobbett told his son James to be conscientious about his grammar lessons, he was drawing on hard-won experience.

Educational Ideals

By Alexander Haddow

Like the ideal Christian, the ideal teacher is one who spreads joy in everything, great or small.

Economic Illiteracy

By John Bright

If Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli really wanted a better-educated public, he must tackle the high cost of living.

Of Hares, Hounds and Red Herrings

By William Cobbett

In January 1807, newspapers breathlessly reported that Napoleon Bonaparte’s rampage across Europe was at an end — but was it true?

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