...old verses, which by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subject. Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons...worked conscientiously at my classics, not using cribs. The sole pleasure I ever received from such studies, was from some of the odes of Horace, which I admired...

...facility, _ learning forty or fifty lines of Virgil or Homer, while I 20 was in morning chapel; but the exercise was utterly useless, for every verse was...worked conscientiously at my classics, not using cribs. The sole pleasure I ever received from such 25 studies, Vas from some of the odes of Horace, which...

...verses, which, by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subject. Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons...worked conscientiously at my classics, not using cribs. The sole pleasure I ever received from such studies was from some of the odes of Horace, which I admired...

...little ancient geography and history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. . . . Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons...this I could effect with great facility, learning ,4o or 5o lines of Virgil or Homer whilst I was in morning chapel ; but this exercise was utterly useless,...

...was in morning chapel ; but this exercise was utterly useless, for every verse was forgotten in 48 hours. I was not idle, and, with the exception of...worked conscientiously at my Classics, not using cribs. . . . Looking back as well as I can at my character during my school life, the only qualities which...

...old verses, which by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subject. Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons...not idle, and with the exception of versification, generallv worked conscientiously at my classies, not using cribs. The sole pleasure I ever received...

...old verses, which by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subjeet. Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons...learning forty or fifty lines of Virgil or Homer, whilst 1 was in morning chapel; but this exercise was utterly useless, for every verse was forgotten in forty-eight...

...Memorize. "Much attention," wrote Darwin of his school years, "was paid to learning by heart the lesson of the previous day; this I could effect with great facility learning forty of fifty lines of Virgil or Homer, whilst I was in morning chapel; but this exercise was utterly useless,...

...was simply a blank.' He felt incapable of learning languages and no good at verse-making. Even so, 'I was not idle, and with the exception of versification,...conscientiously at my classics, not using cribs.' He sums up: 'I believe that I was considered by all my masters and by my Father as a very ordinary...

...old verses, which by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subject. Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons...day; this I could effect with great facility learning 40 or 50 lines of Virgil or Homer, whilst I was in morning chapel; but this exercise was utterly useless,...