Quotation added by staff

Why not add this quote to your bookmarks?

Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and cultivate the tastes, to encourage this feeling and repress that, so as finally to develop the child into a man of well proportioned and harmonious naturethis is alike the aim of parent and teacher.   Spencer, Herbert

Source: HERBERT SPENCER, Social Statics, part 2, chapter 17, p. 180 . · This quote is about uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

• Biography
• 3 Fans
• This quote in blogs