Monday 17 June 2019

Quote of the Day

"As far as possible, men are to be taught to become wise not by books, but by the Heavens, the Earth, oaks and beeches; that is, they must learn to know and examine the things themselves, and not the observations and testimony of others about the things"
Comenius (Born 1592)

Quoted in Howes (1921) - 'The Geographical Teacher'

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