Name: Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; With Additions
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Author: Josiah Parsons Cooke
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Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; With Additions

BY Josiah Parsons Cooke 26 Mar, 2019

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[...]man, and such study is not likely to be gained except through the great ancient languages; the advocates of classical scholarship frequently say, can not be gained. I am not ready to accept this dictum; but I most willingly concede that in the p ... Read more

[...]man, and such study is not likely to be gained except through the great ancient languages; the advocates of classical scholarship frequently say, can not be gained. I am not ready to accept this dictum; but I most willingly concede that in the present state of our schools it is not likely to be gained. I never had any taste myself for classical studies; but I know that I owe to the study a great part of the mental culture which has enabled me to do the work that has fallen to my share in life. But, while I concede all this, I do not believe, on the other hand, that the classical is the only effective[...]. (less) Less

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Josiah Parsons Cooke

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Josiah Parsons Cooke (October 12, 1827 – September 3, 1894) was an American scientist who worked at Harvard University and was instrumental in the measurement of atomic weights, inspiring America's ...

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