THE REV. WILLIAM WHEWELL, M. A., FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRIN. COLL., CAMB. AUTHOR of a histoRY OF THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES. Λαμπάδια ἔχοντες διαδώσουσιν ἀλλήλοις. LONDON: JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. CAMBRIDGE: J. AND J. J. DEIGHTON. M.DCCC.XXXVII. CONTENTS. PAGE 1 Sect. 4. Of the Learned Languages as Subjects of Sect. 5. Of the Necessity of combining Classical and CHAPTER II.—OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT TEACHING. Sect. 1. Of Examinations, and of College Teaching 78 Sect. 1. Of the Necessity of Discipline Sect. 3. Of College Punishments Sect. 4. Of Attendance at College Lectures Sect. 5. Of Attendance at College Chapel ON THE PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. PREFATORY REMARKS. THE considerations which I here offer to the public on the subject of Education, have been suggested by a long and somewhat laborious course of researches on the principles and history of science, and by many years' experience as a tutor in a principal College of the University of Cambridge. I trust, therefore, that I shall stand absolved from all suspicion of approaching so important a subject without due thought and preparation. I have for some time intended, on the first occasion of comparative leisure, to state my views on the points here treated of; and I should have done so, in the same manner, and probably nearly at the same time as I have done, whether or not other pamphlets on questions connected with the English Universities had appeared. I request the reader, therefore, not to mix me up in his thoughts with any controversies which may happen to be going on at this time. I mean not to express any disrespect to persons B |