We are likely to get the impression that education consists in being able to commit to memory a certain number of rules in grammar, a certain number of rules in arithmetic, and in being able to locate correctly on the earth's surface this mountain or that river, and to name this lake and that gulf.
Washington warns against a limited understanding of education that prioritizes rote learning over critical thinking.
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Even the most ignorant members of my race on the remote plantations felt in their hearts, with a certainty that admitted of no doubt, that the freedom of the slaves would be the one great result of the war, if the Northern armies conquered.
No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.
I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.
I can scarcely imagine any torture, except, perhaps, the pulling of a tooth, that is equal to that caused by putting on a new flax shirt for the first time.