...men have put on record their disapproval of their own school training: Mr. Darwin, for example, says: "Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school. The school, as a means of education to me was simply a blank." Of his education at the University of...

...is altogether opposed to Darwin's views. Darwin says of his education at Shrewsbury School : — " Nothing could have been worse for the development...taught, except a little ancient geography and history " (" Life and Letters," i., 31). He was, in fact, a victim of that " premature specialisation " which...

...an uncongenial task in order to pet a degree. Darwin says of his education at Shrewsbury School : " Nothing could have been worse for the development...taught, except a little ancient geography and history" ('Life and Letters,' I., 31). He was, in fact, a victim of that 'premature specialization' which is...

...esteemed of much value to him. Of Dr. Butler's school, which he attended for seven years, he says : "Nothing could have been worse for the development...history. The school as a means of education to me was simplv a blank." He used to work at chemistry in a little laboratory fitted up by his brother in the...

...your correspondent's own representation of the facts. Mr. Darwin is quoted as recording the fact that "nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, a« ii was strictly classical." "No mathfmatioe or modern luniiniii/,'« " is noted as the chief omissions...

...approved schoolboy fashion. And the result, as it appeared to his mature judgment, was simply negative. " The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank." (I, p. 32.) On the other hand, the extraneous chemical exercises, which the head master treated so...

...solitary walks ; but what I thought about I know not. I often became quite absorbed, and once, whilst returning to school on the summit of the old fortifications...history. The school as a means of education to me was * It is curious that another Shrewsbury boy should have been impressed by this military funeral ; Mr....

...rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family." " Nothing," Darwin writes, " could have been worse for the development of my mind...taught except a little ancient geography and history. Looking back," he continues, " as well as I can at my character during my school life, the only qualities...

...rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family." " Nothing," Darwin writes, " could have been worse for the development of my mind...taught except a little ancient geography and history. Looking back," he continues, " as well as I can at my character during my school life, the only qualities...

...leaving at the age of sixteen. " Nothing could have been worse," he says, "for the development of iny mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly...as a means of education to me was simply a blank." Yet, not incapable of appreciation, he writes : " The sole pleasure I ever received from such studies...