A Vindication of Dr. Bell's System of Tuition, in a Series of Letters
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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Print on Demand. This mid-19th-century book investigates two innovative learning methods of the time, the monitorial system and the Lancasterian method, both of which enjoyed popularity in British and Indian schools and orphanages. Using excerpts from widely read pamphlets on the subject, the author, a professor of divinity, analyzes the methods and compares and contrasts the merits of each in delivering a quality education. The central focus is a detailed examination of the two systems' approaches to religious instruction, concluding that the monitorial system, which incorporates religious instruction in the established doctrines of the Church of England, should be preferred over the Lancasterian method, which offers neutral religious instruction. The author argues that the monitorial system is not inferior to the Lancasterian method, despite criticism that the former is narrow and restrictive in its approach. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.…
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- Title
- A Vindication of Dr. Bell's System of Tuition, in a Series of Letters
- Author
- Herbert Marsh
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
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- New
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- print-on-demand item
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 0265143063
- ISBN 13
- 9780265143063
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It is not my intention to enter again upon topics which I have already discuswd 1 my sole object at present is to vindicate Dr. Bell's system from'the aspersions, which Mr. Lancaster has lately cast on it. And I am the mo1e induced to undertake the task, because, as far as hac hitherto seen, the intended vindication has not yet been attempted; and because, if it is neglected, the 1epresentation thus given of Dr. 'bell's system will be more inju rious, than all the other efforts which have been made against it.
If the mechanism of the new system, as practised by Dr. Bell, is not inferior to the mechanism; as practised by Mr. Lancaster, the members of the Establishment can have no hesitation in preferring the former to the latter. They can have no hesi tatina, in the case assumed, of adapting its mechan ism, combined with such.religious instruction as accords with the doctrine of the church, in profa rence to that mechanism combined with such'ino struction, as (whether it be really christianity or not) is avowedly not the Christianity established in.this kingdom. This is the real state of the general question. Nor would our decision, in regard to this preference, be in any way altered, even if Mr. Lancaster were able to establish his present preten tions to priority of invention, or even if a third person 'should claim the honour from them both. When we have the choice of. Twosystems, we must regulate our judgment by their intrinsic excellence, and not by concomitant circumstances. Whatever merit Dr. Bell may possess on the score of innem tion, yet if the system, as now p'ractised by Mrs Lancaster, when taken in all its bearingts, has more to recommend it than the system as practised by Dr. Bell, the merit of invention neither Will not ought to turn the scale. On the other hand, what-5 ever merit Mr. Lancaster may possess in having brought the system into general circulation (and no' man is more disposed to acknowledge his merit in this respect than myself), yet if he practises the system in a manner more injurious than beneficial to this kingdom, he is entitled to no support from those who are attached to the present Constitution.
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