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Danh ngôn của Simon Newcomb (Sứ mệnh: 1)

In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.
My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.
What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed.