...advocate in a court of justice to obtain a criminal's acquittal by entering into a minute history of the errors of his education. It is the business of...habitual propensities which necessarily lead to their cpmmission. The legislator. ca« consider only the large interests of society ; the preceptor's view...

...their writings subsequent to this date. The Edgeworths considered that the aim of every teacher must be to secure for his pupil the greatest possible quantity of happiness taking in the whole of life. To secure this happiness the habit of exercising one's reason must be cultivated,...

...political grounds that it constituted a new and more effective method of policing. In their words, "It is the business of education to prevent crimes,...propensities which necessarily lead to their commission" (p. 354). To accomplish their ambitious political goal, the Edgeworths invoke an economy of pleasure...

...cultivating the heart on grounds that it offered a new and more effective method of policing. In their words, "It is the business of education to prevent crimes,...propensities which necessarily lead to their commission" (p. 354). To accomplish their ambitious political goal, the Edgeworths invoke an economy of pleasure...

...political grounds that it constituted a new and more effective method of policing. In their words, "It is the business of education to prevent crimes,...propensities which necessarily lead to their commission" (p. 354). To accomplish their ambitious political goal, the Edgeworths invoke an economy of pleasure...

...Richard Lovell Edgeworth took Bentham's approach to heart; their Practical Education (1798) proclaims, "It is the business of education to prevent crimes,...habitual propensities which necessarily lead to their commission."2 And a popular trend in the writing of literature for young women emerges in stories about...