learning by heart
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Footnote 46: By positive instruction Froebel means learning by heart, or by being told results; as distinguished from actual education or development of the faculties, and the working out of results by pupils for themselves.
From Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. by Michaelis, Emilie
No one ever thought of reading the thing over to her, and fixing her attention on it by some little explanation; and learning by heart from a book did not come naturally to her.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah
Be always learning by heart; do it systematically, a little at a time.
From Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers by Brower, Harriette
The clergyman walked backwards and forwards, learning by heart from the written sheets he held in his hand.
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
"But what's the story to be, master Shanks?" asked Tom Cutter, "I can't learn a long one; I never was good at learning by heart."
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
