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Essays on education and kindred subjects

by Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)

10 chapters, about 134,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION 3,900 words
2. WHAT KNOWLEDGE IS OF MOST WORTH? 15,900 words
3. INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION 15,800 words
4. MORAL EDUCATION 13,400 words
5. PHYSICAL EDUCATION 14,800 words
6. PROGRESS: ITS LAW AND CAUSE[1] 18,500 words
7. ON MANNERS AND FASHION[1] 16,400 words
8. ON THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE[1] 24,200 words
9. ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER[1] 4,000 words
10. ON THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC[1] 7,700 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Arithmetic
• Calculus
• Classical education
• Classification
• Education
• Evaporation
• Formula
• Grammar
• Lesson
• Mechanics
• Music
• Poetry
• Progress
• Science
• Self-preservation
• Similarity (philosophy)
• Social science
• Sugar

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