Quote by Simon Newcomb
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupa

My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. – Simon Newcomb

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The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war. – Simon Newcomb

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What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. – Simon Newcomb

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The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one. – Felix Adler

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I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and slightly to his horror his old music teacher produced a cello. – Anthony Holden

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