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Improvement of the Mind by Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748) and Stephen Norris Fellows (1830 - 1908)

"No man is obliged to learn and know everything; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding; otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance or infinite errors will overspread the mind which is utterly neglected and lies without any cultivation.The common duties and benefits of society, which belong to every man living, as we are social creatures, and even our native and necessary relations to a family, a neighborhood, or government, oblige all persons, whatsoever, to use their reasoning powers upon a thousand occasions; every hour of life calls for some regular exercise of our judgment, as to time and things, persons and actions: without a prudent and discreet determination in matters before us, we shall be plunged into perpetual errors in our conduct. Now, that which should always be practiced must at some time be learned."

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  1. 21

    Of Fixing the Attention

  2. 20

    On Enlarging the Capacity of the Mind

  3. 19

    Of Improving the Memory

  4. 18

    Of Determining a Question

  5. 17

    Of Inquiring into Causes and Effects

  6. 16

    Methods of Teaching and Reading Lectures

  7. 15

    Of an Instructive Style

  8. 14

    Of Convincing Other Persons of any Truth, or Delivering them from Errors and Mistakes

  9. 13

    Of Authority. Of the Abuse of it: and of its Real and Proper Use and Service

  10. 12

    Of Treating and Managing the Prejudices of Men

  11. 11

    Introduction

  12. 10

    General Rules for the Improvement of Knowledge

  13. 9

    Five Eminent Methods of Gaining Knowledge

  14. 8

    Rules Relating to Observation

  15. 7

    Of Books and Reading

  16. 6

    Judgement of Books

  17. 5

    Of Living Instructors and Lectures, of Teachers and Learners

  18. 4

    Of Inquiring into the Sense and Meaning of any Writer or Speaker, and especially the Sense of the Sacred Writings

  19. 3

    Rules of Improvement by Conversation

  20. 2

    Of Disputes and Debates

  21. 1

    Of Study, or Meditation

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"No man is obliged to learn and know everything; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding; otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance or infinite errors will overspread the mind which is utterly neglected and lies without any cultivation.The common duties and benefits of society, which belong to every man living, as we are social creatures, and even our native and necessary relations to a family, a neighborhood, or government, oblige all persons, whatsoever, to use their reasoning powers upon a thousand occasions; every hour of life calls for some regular exercise of our judgment, as to time and things, persons and actions: without a prudent and discreet determination in matters before us, we shall be plunged into perpetual errors in our conduct. Now, that which should always be practiced must at some time be learned."

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