I assume, for the sake of this discussion, that most readers are at least somewhat familiar with what is meant by narration. After reading or hearing a lesson from a living book, a child “tells back,” in his own words, what he has just heard. It is simple enough on the surface—so simple, it seems as if it might be easily set aside. But for the sake of classical education, let us consider further. Charlotte never tells us where the idea arose to ask children to tell back their lessons, but it is unlikely that she imagined it herself. We know that she delved into the educational writings of
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