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Plato: Do not, then, train boys to learning by force and harshness; but direct them to…

Do not, then, train boys to learning by force and harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be the better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.

In today’s wordsSo don't train boys to learn by force and harshness; guide them with what amuses their minds, so you can better discover each one's natural bent.

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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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