...the first six Dialogues (in the common arrangement) of Plato, from the Euthyphron to the Thesstetus inclusive : ' which last dialogue, I venture to think,...the utmost that I could do, but much that I could ly no possibility have done.' From 1810 to 1813 (from four years of age to seven) he read and made...

...Theaetctus, '• as it was totally impossible that I should understand it." "But my father," lie adds, " in all his teaching, demanded of me not only the utmost...but much that I could by no possibility have done." He learned no Latin till his eighth year. Arithmetic he was taught in the evenings, and found it very...

...1813 [at seven years of age], the first six Dialogues of Plato, from the Euthrypson to the Theoctetus inclusive; which last dialogue, I venture to think,...it was totally impossible I should understand it. [This implies that he understood the others I] The lessons were only a part of the daily instruction...

...Euthyphron ' to the 'Thesetetus' inclusive; which last dialogue," he adds with characteristic caution. " I venture to think would have been better omitted,...it was totally impossible I should understand it." In his eighth year he began Latin, and between that and his twelfth year he read an immense quantity...

...Euthyphron ' to tho •Theaetetus' inclusive; which last dialogue," he adds with characterise caution, " I venture to think would have been better omitted,...it was totally impossible I should understand it." In his eighth year he began Latin, and between that and his twelfth year he read an immense quantity...

...Greek authors is given which he was bound to read and digest ; his father demanding in all things " not only the utmost that I could do, but much that I could by no possibility have done." His infantine recreations were to walk with his father, narrating to him the substance of his last...

...Greek authors is given which he was bound to read and digest ; his father demanding in all things " not only the utmost that I could do, but much that I could by no possibility have done." His infantino recreations were to walk with his father, narrating to him the substance of his last...

...Euthypbron ' to the ' Thesetetus ' inclusive ; which last dialogue," he adds with characteristic caution, " I venture to think would have been better omitted,...it was totally impossible I should understand it." In his eighth year he began Latin, and between that and his twelfth year he read an immense quantity...

...it was given, could be of little or no use, as an example, in the teaching of children at schools. " My father, in all his teaching, demanded of me not...but much that I could by no possibility have done " (p. 5). " One of the most impatient of men " (p. 6). " I was continually incurring his displeasure...

...before he was three years old ; at seven he was reading Dialogues of Plato, including the TheaetetuB, " which last dialogue, I venture to think, would have...it was totally impossible I should understand it." Then he took Latin in hand, reading all that is to be read — an incredible list of authors. At twelve...