...not exaggerated by Charles Dickens when he made Mr Gradgrind expound his views on the subject — ' ' Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls...nothing else will ever be of any service to them. . . . " You are to be in all things regulated and governed . . . by fact You must discard the word...

...can't say I've exactly done it." — Great Expectations, ch. ix. Gradgrind's Conception of Education Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls...nothing else will ever be of any service to them. — Hard Times, bk. i, ch. i. " Your sister is given to government. . . . She ain't over partial to...

...for human interest in Gradgrind's school. His creed is given in the opening paragraph of Hard Times: "Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and...of reasoning animals upon Facts ; nothing else will even be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this...

...youthful Coke-towners with grim facts. After a preliminary address to the teachers in this vein — " Now what I want is facts. Teach these boys and girls...and root out everything else. You can only form the mind of reasoning animals upon facts; nothing else ever will be of any service to them. This is the...

...youthful Coke-towners with grim facts. After a preliminary address to the teachers in this vein — " Now what I want is facts. Teach these boys and girls...and root out everything else. You can only form the mind of reasoning animals upon facts; nothing else ever will be of any service to them. This is the...

...for human interest in Oradgrind's school. His creed is given in the opening paragraph of Hard Times: "Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Farts. Farts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only...

...him "it was a mere question of figures, a case of simple arithmetic." "Facts alone," he used to say, "are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else." After applying his theory to the education of his own children, the man of facts founded a model school...

...only daughter. He took it upon himself to teach her how to live. "You must," said he, "only believe in facts. Facts alone are wanted in life; plant nothing else and root out everything else." He meant to impress upon her young mind that she must admit only those phenomena for which she can...

...describes him and later makes him reveal himself in his advice to the teacher, Mr. M'Choakumchild: "Now, what I want is facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Fact* alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form...

...feet attitude in Gradgrind? Of the government officer? Of Sissy Jupe? GRADGRIND'S IDEA OF EDUCATION "Now what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls...nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service...