The best possible method is to inspire children with a generous contempt for flattery, and to teach them to judge impartially of their own merits.
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- Practical Education, Volume I (1815 second American edition; first published 1798), CHAPTER VIII.. Written in English. Chapter authorship identified in the preface. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/28708/pg28708-images.html
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