L
E A R N I N G
One of the definitions of learning
which I found somewhere was like this: the process of acquiring new understanding
, knowledge, behaviour, skill, value, attitude, ability, methodology, etc.
And these were the
learning quotes which impressed me:
1.Tell me and I forget, teach me and
I may remember, involve me and l learn. 2.In
learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. 3. The more you read,
the more things you will know.
To put it briefly, a man of learning is scholarly, knowledgeable,
cultured, intellectual, studious, pedantic, sage, wise, highbrow, etc.
The
American poet and author Mrs. Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865) said: The true order of learning should be :
first, what is necessary; second, what is useful ; and third, what is
ornamental. To reverse the arrangement is like beginning to build at the top of
the edifice.
According
to the American clergy and poet Ray
Palmer (1808-87) : Learning, if rightly applied, makes a young man thinking,
attentive, industrious, confident, and wary; and an old man cheerful and
useful, It is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, an
entertainment at all times; it cheers in solitude, and gives moderation and
wisdom in all circumstances.
Finally, an observation
by the English poet and translator Alexander Pope (1688-1744): A little
learning is a dangerous thing ! drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;
there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us
again.
* In Greek mythology, the
Pierian Spring of Macedonia was sacred to the Pierides and the Muses.Muses were mythological
goddesses that presided over the arts and sciences.
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G.R.Kanwal
30 August 2o24
