The Educational Destitution in Bengal and Behar: And the London Christian Vernacular Education Society for IndiaJ. Thomas, Baptist Mission Press, 1858 - 35 Seiten |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 14 - We now find that the Government are establishing a Sanskrit School under Hindoo Pundits to impart such knowledge as is already current in India. This Seminary (similar in character to those which existed in Europe before the time of Lord Bacon) can only be expected to load the minds of youth with grammatical niceties and metaphysical distinctions of little or no practical use to the possessors or to society.
Seite 14 - If it had been intended to keep the British nation in ignorance of real knowledge, the Baconian philosophy would not have been allowed to displace the system of the schoolmen, which was the best calculated to perpetuate ignorance. In the same manner the Sanskrit system of education would be the best calculated to keep this country in darkness, if such had been the policy of the British legislature.
Seite 14 - The Sanskrit language, so difficult that almost a life time is necessary for its perfect acquisition, is well known to have been for ages a lamentable check on the diffusion of knowledge; and the learning concealed under this almost impervious veil is far from sufficient to reward the labour of acquiring it.
Seite 18 - Nettles, dipped in water, are applied to the body, which becomes irritated and swollen ; the pain is excruciating and often lasts a whole day ; but, however great the itching and the pain, the sufferer is not allowed to rub or touch the skin for relief, under the dread of a flagellation in addition.
Seite 9 - ... beneficial effect on the character of the pupils ; but as far as I have been able to observe or ascertain, those books are employed like all the rest solely for the purpose of conveying lessons in language — lessons in the knowledge of sounds and "words, in the construction of sentences, or in anecdotical information, but not for the purpose of sharpening the moral perceptions or strengthening the moral habits. This in general native estimation does not belong to the business of instruction,...
Seite 18 - Again, a boy is made to hang for a few minutes with his head downwards from the branch of a neighbouring tree. Or, his hands and feet are bound with cords; to these members so bound a rope is fastened ; and the boy is then hoisted up by means of a pulley attached to the beams or rafters of the school.
Seite 10 - ... works of Euclid on geometry, and Ptolemy on astronomy in translation, are not unknown ; other branches of natural philosophy are also taught ; and the whole course is crowned by the perusal of treatises on metaphysics, deemed the highest attainment of the instructed scholar. Perhaps, adds Mr. Adams, "we shall not err widely if we suppose that the state of learning amongst the Musalmans of India resembles that which existed among the nations of Europe before the invention of printing.
Seite 19 - Apart from its general influence in paralysing the intellectual and moral powers, this system of terror leads to many specific practices of a baneful tendency. It superinduces the habit of crouching servility towards the master in his presence, and the rendering of many menial and even dishonest services. To propitiate the dreaded tyrant, the boys are glad to prepare his hookah, to bring fire for smoking, gather flowers for his pujah, sweep his lodging, wash his brazen pots, cleave thick pieces of...
Seite 18 - A boy is made to bend forward with his face toward the ground ; a heavy brick is then placed on his back, and another on his neck ; and should he let either of them fall within the prescribed period of half an hour or so, he is punished with the cane.
Seite 13 - The native mind of the present day, although it is asleep, is not dead. It has a dreamy sort of existence in separating, combining, and recasting in various forms the fables and speculations of past ages. The amount of authorship shown to exist in the different districts is a measure of the intellectual activity which, however now misdirected, might be employed for useful purposes. The same men who have wasted and are still wasting their learning and their powers in weaving complicated alliterations,...