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My one pupil has begun his work with me, and I will give you a description how the lecture is conducted. It is the most important ... - MORE My one pupil has begun his work with me, and I will give you a description how the lecture is conducted. It is the most important point, you know, that the tutor should be dignified and at a distance from the pupil, and that the pupil should be as much as possible degraded.... So I sit at the further end of the room; outside the door (which is shut) sits the scout; outside the outer door (also shut) sits the sub-scout: half-way downstairs sits the sub- sub-scout: and down in the yard sits the pupil.
The questions are shouted from one to the other, and the answers come back in the same way--it is rather confusing till you are well used to it.

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teachers and teaching | education | tutors

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OUR Latin books in motly row,
Invite us to our task--... - MORE OUR Latin books in motly row,
Invite us to our task--
Gay Horace, stately Cicero:
Yet there's one verb, when once we know,
No higher skill we ask:
This ranks all other lore above--
We've learned "'Amare' means 'to love'!"

Lewis Carroll

language, Latin | learning

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And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having... - MORE And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

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imagination | candles

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How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tale,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale! - MORE How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tale,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

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morals | improvement

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"Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!" (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed... - MORE "Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!" (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off).

Lewis Carroll

growth | change | body

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I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember... - MORE I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is "Who in the world am I?" Ah, that's the great puzzle!

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self | change

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"When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! There ought... - MORE "When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! There ought to be a book written about me, that there ought! And when I grow up, I'll write one--but I'm grown up now," she added in a sorrowful tone: "At least there's no room to grow up any more here."

Lewis Carroll

growing up | fairy tales | fiction

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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said ... - MORE "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"Mas long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."

Lewis Carroll

choices | traveling | travelers

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"One can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I alw... - MORE "One can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Lewis Carroll

belief

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"Write that down," the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them... - MORE "Write that down," the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.

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juries

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