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Excerpt from The Teaching Botanist a Manual of Information Upon Botanical Instruction Including Outlines and Directions for a Synthetic General Course
This is a book of ideals. In its pages I have tried to set forth the chief factors involved in the best of botani cal teaching, well believing that it is good for each per son to hitch his wagon to a star. It is true that we may never be able to attain to these, any more than to other ideals, for all alike they are veritable will 0'' the wisps which waft themselves farther away just as we reach forth to grasp them. However,''this matters but little, since man is made in such fashion that pursuit holds more joy than possession, and visions more charm than realities. That we cannot attain to our ideals is, therefore, the least of objections against them. They have, how ever, at least one positive merit. They can serve as a perennial balm for the soul, or a kind of a Spiritual ra dium, sending forth a perpetual emanation to keep work and life aglow. Besides, they may be made to do service in practical ways, as definite goals to be aimed at, or as standards of value to which we may point those objectors who question the aim of our efforts. So, from all points of View ideals are in place, and in generous measure, in a book that is given to teaching.
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This is a book of ideals. In its pages I have tried to set forth the chief factors involved in the best of botani cal teaching, well believing that it is good for each per son to hitch his wagon to a star. It is true that we may never be able to attain to these, any more than to other ideals, for all alike they are veritable will 0'' the wisps which waft themselves farther away just as we reach forth to grasp them. However,''this matters but little, since man is made in such fashion that pursuit holds more joy than possession, and visions more charm than realities. That we cannot attain to our ideals is, therefore, the least of objections against them. They have, how ever, at least one positive merit. They can serve as a perennial balm for the soul, or a kind of a Spiritual ra dium, sending forth a perpetual emanation to keep work and life aglow. Besides, they may be made to do service in practical ways, as definite goals to be aimed at, or as standards of value to which we may point those objectors who question the aim of our efforts. So, from all points of View ideals are in place, and in generous measure, in a book that is given to teaching.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
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Author
William F. Ganong
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ISBN - 9780365030843
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 462
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William F. Ganong
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ISBN - 9781331526223
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 464
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