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The Educational Writings of John Locke (Classic Reprint)
The Educational Writings of John Locke - Classic Reprint Author:John Locke Excerpt from The Educational Writings of John Locke — Throughout the seventeenth century the schools con tinned to lose their hold upon the socially distinguished class, and the process was accelerated as the studies and manners of school-boys departed more widely from its social ideals. The schools imparted learning, and learning was something O... more »f a trade, unsuitable to men Of position or Of affluence. Referring to her son, Colin, a Westminster boy, Lady Caithness writes, in 1692 Som says the 80001 he is at is mo proper for to breed up youths for Church men than any other station; I supos my sons inclination will not be for that post. 2 Owners of great estates frequently educated their sons at home under a private tutor and the fashion spread amongst country gentlemen. Fielding's Squire Western in Tom Jones (1749) embodies the failure Of the system; contemporary evidence shows the failure was not nu common. But its success produced the accomplished virtuoso and man Of the world, whose powers had been stimulated and strengthened by a residence of two or three years in one of the Inns Of Court, where he found access to good society, the sojourn in London being followed by a prolonged tour in France and Italy.
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