Excerpt from Jean Paul Friedrich Richter's Levana: Or, the Doctrine of Education for English ReadersIT is good to repeat old thoughts in the newest books, because the old works in which they stand are not read.With these words does Richter justify him self for presenting to the world his Theory of Education, and the same thought gave birth to the present form of his work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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