To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
QuintilianOne thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
QuintilianFor all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
QuintilianMen of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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