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 The twig is so easily bended
 I have banished the rule and the rod:
  I have taught read more 
 The twig is so easily bended
 I have banished the rule and the rod:
  I have taught them the goodness of knowledge,
   They have taught me the goodness of God;
    My heart is the dungeon of darkness,
     When I shut them for breaking a rule;
      My frown is sufficient correction;
       My love is the law of the school. 
 O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
 Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,
  I pray read more 
 O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
 Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,
  I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
   It mends their morals, never mind the pain. 
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
 There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same 
state or principle in which you are; read more 
 There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same 
state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; 
he is you, and you are he; there is a teaching; and by no 
unfriendly chance or bad company can he ever quite lose the 
benefit. 
 You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we 
must not. You will learn read more 
 You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we 
must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn 
baseball. 
 Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
 [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]  
 Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
 [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.] 
 It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative 
expression and knowledge.  
 It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative 
expression and knowledge. 
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university read more
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.