Lydia Sigourney: The true order of learning should be first, what is necessary; second, what is…
The true order of learning should be first, what is necessary; second, what is useful; and third, what is ornamental. To reverse this arrangement is like beginning to build at the top of the edifice.
In today’s wordsThe right order of learning is first what's necessary, second what's useful, third what's ornamental. Reversing it is like starting to build at the top of the building.
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