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Excerpt from Observations on a Pamphlet, Entitled Remarks on the Seventh Annual Report of the Hon. 1844: Horace Mann, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
The next pointbrought to view in the Remarks, is, the radical doctrines which have been broached by some of the friends of the Secretary. They have spoken against corporal punishment, prizes, emulation, and treating children with distrust. Their opinions are quoted, somewhat at length. Dr. Howe is quoted as saying of his own school: We have no corporal punish ments, no prizes, no taking precedence in classes, no degrada tions. Emulation there 1s, and will be, nature provides for this, in the self esteem of each individual. Iam reported to have said what I am very willing to repeat, and, while I repeat it, I appeal to the experience of persons in the world, as well as out, for its truth, There is no so ready way to produce falsehood in a child, as to doubt his word. I repeat it, and I believe it to apply to men, as well as to children. Show a man that you suspect him, and you tempt him to deceive you. Treat him with generous confidence, and you tempt him to generosity in return. Mr. Pierce is quoted as saying And here I would state, that my theory goes to the entire exclusion of the premium and emulation system, and of corporal punishment. On these opinions the gentlemen pronounce: It is hard to conceive of any thing more radical, and less conservative, than such views, when considered in connection with the administration of all the institutions of New England, during the last two centuries.world, without our adding to their strength, by constantly appealing to them in school. And I would ask these gentlemen whether they have not themselves frequently had, whether they do not still have, misgivings as to the effect upon the character of the flogging system, the emulation system, and the medal system? Their responsibility is now divided; school commit tees come in for a share.' But if they were singly responsible to God and to the future men and women whom their influence is contributing to form, would they not modify the course they now pursue, in some most important particulars? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
