1705037480
extermination, utter destruction; death.
1705037481
1705037482
compulsory education, the system of education in which every child is enforced or compelled to attend school.
1705037483
1705037484
visited as sharply, punished as severely and suddenly.
1705037485
1705037486
boxed, strucked with the hand or fist, especially on the ear or on the side of the head.
1705037487
1705037488
intervenes, interferes; breaks in to take a part.
1705037489
1705037490
artificial education, education that is artificial because it is obtained by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural education.
1705037491
1705037492
anticipation, act of introducing beforehand; an education that teaches the students beforehand how to make use of natural education.
1705037493
1705037494
spin the gossamers, deal with very delicate matters, perhaps somewhat airy. A gossamer is a light filmy substance, like the webs of small spiders, floating in calm air or spread over grass.
1705037495
1705037496
forge the anchors, deal with coarser matters, undoubtedly more stable and substantial. Anchors are used to moor ships to the bottom of the sea, and are heavy and large.
1705037497
1705037498
stunted ascetic . An ascetic is one who devotes himself to a solitary and contemplative life, with rigorous discipline of the self, as by celibacy, fasting, and self-mortification. Such extreme self-denial stunts or checks the otherwise normal man and his development.
1705037499
1705037500
to come to heel, to obey, just as a hunting dog is trained to follow closely at the heel of his master when commanded to do so.
1705037501
1705037502
the servant of a tender conscience, obeying a moral sense of right and wrong that is easily touched or moved.
1705037503
1705037504
to hate all vileness . A man who has had a liberal education is one who has learned that not only must he not be satisfied merely to be good, but also that he must take an aggressive attitude and hate all evil, try to eradicate evil.
1705037505
1705037506
beneficent mother, mother doing good or showing active kindness.
1705037507
1705037508
her mouthpiece, spokesman, one who speaks for Nature.
1705037509
1705037510
her conscious self, Nature represented as conscious, through his conscious thought; Nature shown as being aware of external things, Nature with mental faculties alive and awake because he is wide awake.
1705037511
1705037512
her minister, the person employed by Nature to carry out her purposes; her agent.
1705037513
1705037514
Questions
1705037515
1705037516
1. What is Huxley’s first definition of a liberal education?
1705037517
1705037518
2. How much does he include under “the laws of nature”?
1705037519
1705037520
3. What instruction other than that received in school does one receive?
1705037521
1705037522
4. Why is Nature’s education insufficient?
1705037523
1705037524
5. What is the object of artificial education?
1705037525
1705037526
6. What is Huxley’s final definition of a liberal education?
1705037527
1705037528
7. What kind of man has had a liberal education?
1705037529
[
上一页 ]
[ :1.70503748e+09 ]
[
下一页 ]