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Cultivation
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Our great mistake in education is, as it seems to me, the worship of book-learning–the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of cultivating the mind. The children in our elementary schools are wearied by the mechanical act of writing, and the interminable intricacies of spelling; they are oppressed by columns of dates, by lists of kings and places, which convey no definite idea to their minds, and have no near relation to their daily wants and occupations; while in
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― The Pleasures of Life
― The Pleasures of Life
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What had he done to deserve this?
Was killing evil people truly so detestable? Or was it because he held no allegiances? Refused to cultivate the normal, rule-paved path? Tall trees attract the wind, but he had never thought being exceptional by his own merit was a crime. That it meant every person he'd slain, no matter how obviously criminal they were, was suddenly touted as innocent. Where was justice? Where was the amiable, gentle strength of the cultivators he'd looked up to all his life?
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― The Failed Assassination of the Thunder God: A Dark Cultivation Fantasy
― The Failed Assassination of the Thunder God: A Dark Cultivation Fantasy
