Lectures on the History and Principles of Ancient Commerce (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Gilbart, James William

 
9781330282472: Lectures on the History and Principles of Ancient Commerce (Classic Reprint)

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Lectures are one of the most efficient means of public instruction. A lecturer may present a better view of a subject than can be found in any hock, as his lectures may be derived from a variety of books, and from other sources; he can impart instruction to a great number of people at the same time, and his instructions may partake very much of the character of amusement. There is something, says Dr. Watts, more delightful and entertaining in the living discourse of a wise, a learned, and well quali fied teacher, than there is in the silent and sedentary practice of reading. The very turn of voice and good pronunciation, and the polite and alluring manners which some teachers have attained, will engage the attention, keep the soul fixed, and convey and in sinuate into the mind the ideas of things, in a more lively and forcible way than the mere reading of books in the silence and retirement of the closet. It may be stated, too, that a lecture is a social means of rdifi'using knowledge. It brings together the aged and'the young, and enables the female part of the community to participate in the gratification. It affords matter for subsequent conversation, and tends to promote friendly and social intercourse.

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These Lectures were delivered at Waterford, in the beginning of the year 1833. At that time I held the office of Manager of the Waterford branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. When residing in London I had assisted at the formation of the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution, and was a member of the first Committee of Management, in the year 1825. At my suggestion an institution somewhat similar was formed at Waterford; and, as professional lecturers were not to be obtained, some of those gentlemen who had taken an active part in its formation, and others connected with scientific pursuits, consented to become lecturers.

The example was set by the President, Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P., who, in his own locality, showed the same zeal in the cause of education which has characterised his public exertions. A portion of ray own labours in this way consisted of the following Lectures on the history and principles of ancient commerce.

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