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The primary principle of education is the determination of the pupil to self-activity — the doing nothing for him which he is able to do for himself.

— Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shook, it shines.

Be sober, and to doubt prepense,
These are the sinews of good sense.

Strictly speaking, every one must educate himself.

Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic (1860)

The past does not interest, the present does not satisfy, the future alone is the object which engages us.

Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic (1860)

"In life," as the great Pascal observes, "we always believe that we are seeking repose, while, in reality, all that we ever seek is agitation."

Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic (1860)

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