Biography of Milton

Author: Paterson
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: This paper is often reprinted and is considered a significant contribution to this issue, alongside a book by Locke. For those who are eager to find practical suggestions or guidance from it, they are often greatly disappointed. Its importance lies entirely in its personal experience. We cannot regard it as a highly valuable contribution to educational theory, but it strongly marks out Milton's personality. In it, we can see the same noble purpose he was dedicated to in everything he pursued, the same spirit of disdain for conventional norms, and the pride of self-reliance. Elsewhere, he also vented his dissatisfaction with the Cambridge University system, "Its system, even in its relatively healthier periods when my own judgment was still rather naive, I have..."