. Elementary lessons in zoölogy : a guide in studying animal life and structure in field and laboratory. Zoology. ^ SEP7 .\^. " The invariable adaptation of an animal to the life it leads is one of nature's ))iost instructive lessons, and can he discovered and appreciated by every pupil, but never through oral teaching or from reading of books. Better a child should learn to handle one animal, to see a-nd know its structure and how it lives and moves, than to go through the whole animal kingdom with the best text-book under the best teacher, aided by the best charts ever made. The former
. Elementary lessons in zoölogy : a guide in studying animal life and structure in field and laboratory. Zoology. ^ SEP7 .\^. " The invariable adaptation of an animal to the life it leads is one of nature's ))iost instructive lessons, and can he discovered and appreciated by every pupil, but never through oral teaching or from reading of books. Better a child should learn to handle one animal, to see a-nd know its structure and how it lives and moves, than to go through the whole animal kingdom with the best text-book under the best teacher, aided by the best charts ever made. The former would have learned what real knowledge is and how to get it, while the latter would have simply learned how to pass at his school ; Alphbus Hyatt. " Therefore I would, in the name of education, urge students to begin naturally with what interests them, with the near at hand, with the practically important. A circuitous course of study, followed with natural eagerness, will lead to better results than the most logical of programs, if that take no root in the life of the ; J. Akthtjr Thomson, in " The Study of Animal Life," p. 861. Copyright, 1895, 1896, bt AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. NEED. ZOOLOGY. E-P 12. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. New York : American Book Company
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