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Excerpt from Paris as It Was and as It Is, or a Sketch of the French Capital, Illustrative of the Effects of the Revolution, Vol. 2: With Respect to Sciences, Literature, Arts, Religion, Education, Manners, and Amusements; Comprising Also a Correct Account of the Most Remarkable National Establishments and Public Buildings
It is the metaphysical part, above all, which, in this institution, is carried to Such a degree of simplicity and clearness, that it is within reach of understandings the most limited. And, indeed, one ought not to be astonished at the rapid pro gress of the deaf and dumb in the art of ex pressing their ideas and, of communicating in writing with every speaker, as persons absent communicate with each other by similar means. In the space of eighteen months, a pupil begins to give an account in writing of the actions of which he is rendered a witness, and, in the space of five years, his education is complete. The objects m which the deaf and dumb are instructed, are Grammar, the notions of Meta physics and Logic, which the former renders necessary, Religion, the Use of the Globes, Geography, Arithmetic, general notions of His tory, ancient and modern, of Natural History, of Arts and _trades, 8m. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
